Helminthoglypta tudiculata

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Helminthiglypta tudiculata
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Three views of a shell of Helminthoglypta tudiculata from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Helminthoglyptidae
Genus:
Species:
H. tudiculata
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta tudiculata
(I. Lea, 1838)

Helminthoglypta tudiculata, common names the "Southern California shoulderband" or "Southern shoulderband", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

This snail is endemic to the United States.

Anatomy[]

This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

References[]

  1. ^ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 16.
  • Taxonomy at: [1]
  • Image of a mating pair at: [2]
  • Image of a live individual at: [3]


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