Helminthoglypta tudiculata
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.
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| Three views of a shell of Helminthoglypta tudiculata from W. G. Binney, 1878[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Genus: | Helminthoglypta |
| Species: | H. tudiculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Helminthoglypta tudiculata (I. Lea, 1838) | |
This snail is endemic to the United States.
Anatomy
This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
References
- 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.
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