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Helminthoglypta tudiculata

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Helminthiglypta tudiculata
Three views of a shell of Helminthoglypta tudiculata from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
Scientific classification
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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

  1. ^ 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.
  • Taxonomy at: [1]
  • Image of a mating pair at: [2]
  • Image of a live individual at: [3]