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Chilostoma planospira

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Chilostoma planospira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Chilostoma
Species:
C. planospira
Binomial name
Chilostoma planospira
(Férussac, 1832)

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

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Love dart of Chilostoma planospira.

These snails create and use love darts.[1]

Taxonomy

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Subspecies:[2]

  • Chilostoma planospira benedictum
  • Chilostoma planospira macrostoma
  • Chilostoma planospira occultatum
  • Chilostoma planospira planospira
  • Chilostoma planospira setulosum

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
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