{"id":8519,"date":"2025-07-02T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mucbo.org\/cerion-disforme-nodali\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:49:57","slug":"cerion-disforme-nodali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mucbo.org\/en\/cerion-disforme-nodali\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerion disforme nodali"},"content":{"rendered":"
JULY<\/strong><\/p> Cerion disforme nodali <\/em>Clench & Aguayo, 1953 MBCN28615<\/strong><\/p> Cerion<\/em> are terrestrial snails native to the Caribbean region. They are extremely diverse in shape, size, and color, with over 90 described species. In the 1970s and 1980s, the study of these animals allowed scientist Stephen J. Gould to propose new approaches to Charles Darwin\u2019s theory of species evolution.<\/p> This month\u2019s specimen comes from the malacological collection of Mateu Cifre, housed at the Museum, and belongs to the subspecies Cerion disforme nodalis<\/em>. It features a characteristic shell coiling and ornamentation and is native to the Ram\u00f3n de Antilla peninsula. It lives on fallen leaves and dead branches in evergreen forests with sandy or gravelly substrates. Like other terrestrial snails from Cuba, it is currently a protected species.<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JULY Cerion disforme nodali Clench & Aguayo, 1953 MBCN28615 Cerion are terrestrial snails native to the Caribbean region. They are extremely diverse in shape, size, and color, with over 90 described species. In the 1970s and 1980s, the study of these animals allowed scientist Stephen J. Gould to propose new approaches to Charles Darwin\u2019s theory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pieces-and-plants-of-the-month"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n