Helminthoglypta nickliniana

Helminthiglypta nickliniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helminthoglyptidae
Genus: Helminthoglypta
Species: H. nicklininana
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta nickliniana
(I. Lea, 1838)

Helminthoglypta nickliniana, common name "Nicklin's Peninsula snail" or "Coast Range 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


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