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.

Helminthiglypta tudiculata
Three views of a shell of Helminthoglypta tudiculata from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helminthoglyptidae
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
  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.
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  • Image of a mating pair at:
  • Image of a live individual at:


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