Humboldtiana nuevoleonis
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | H. nuevoleonis
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Humboldtiana nuevoleonis Pilsbry, 1927
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Humboldtiana nuevoleonis is a species of American air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Humboldtianidae.
Anatomy[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Humboldtiana_nuevoleonis_SEM_dart.jpg/220px-Humboldtiana_nuevoleonis_SEM_dart.jpg)
The scanning electron microscope image of the love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis: lateral view (above), scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and a cross section of the dart (below), scale bar 50 μm.
Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
References[]
- Mentioned at [1]
Categories:
- Humboldtianidae
- Gastropods described in 1927
- Heterobranchia stubs