Biology:Helminthoglypta diabloensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Helminthoglypta diabloensis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Helminthoglyptinae
Genus: Helminthoglypta
Species:
H. diabloensis
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta diabloensis
(J. G. Cooper, 1869)
Synonyms

Helix diabloensis J. G. Cooper, 1869

Helminthoglypta diabloensis, or the silky shoulderband snail, is a North American species of air-breathing land snail. It is found in California, including the California Coast Ranges, Diablo Range, and other areas in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Yolo, Colusa and Napa Counties.[1][2] The shell of H. diabloensis is described as having six to seven tightly coiled whorls.[3]

This snail was previously described as Helix diabloensis.[4]

References

  1. Binney, William Greene (1885). A Manual of American Land Shells. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 135. https://books.google.com/books?id=IPIyAQAAMAAJ&q=Helix+diabloensis. 
  2. Southern California Academy of Sciences (1902). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. LuEsther T. Mertz Library New York Botanical Garden. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy. http://archive.org/details/bulletinofsouthe4445sout. 
  3. Pilsbry, Henry A. (1926). "Land Mollusks (Helicidae) from Central and Northern California". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 78: 477–488. ISSN 0097-3157. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4063960. 
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta diabloensis (J. G. Cooper, 1869)". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352086. 

Further reading

  • Cooper, J.G. (1869). On the distribution and localities of west coast helicoid land shells, &c. American Journal of Conchology, 4(4): 211-24

Wikidata ☰ Q3734798 entry