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Helminthoglypta tudiculata

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Helminthoglypta tudiculata
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

References

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