Helminthoglypta tudiculata
Species of gastropod
| Helminthoglypta tudiculata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Genus: | Helminthoglypta |
| 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
- Taxonomy at: [1]
- Image of a mating pair at: [2]
- Image of a live individual at: [3]
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