Chilostoma planospira
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| Chilostoma planospira (Férussac, 1832)
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Chilostoma planospira is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.
Anatomy
These snails create and use love darts.[1]
Taxonomy
Subspecies:[2]
- Chilostoma planospira benedictum
- Chilostoma planospira macrostoma
- Chilostoma planospira occultatum
- Chilostoma planospira planospira
- Chilostoma planospira setulosum
References
- ^ Joris M. Koene and Hinrich Schulenburg (2005). "Shooting darts: co-evolution and counter-adaptation in hermaphroditic snails". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 5: 25. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-25. PMC 1080126. PMID 15799778.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=426636 accessed 19 March 2011
External links
- Species summary at: AnimalBase
- Image of live animal at: Natura Mediterraneo
- Taxonomy at: Uniprot
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