Biology:Helminthoglypta nickliniana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Helminthoglypta nickliniana
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.296226 - Helminthoglypta nickliniana (Lea, 1838) - Helminthoglyptidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Genus: Helminthoglypta
Species:
H. nickliniana
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta nickliniana
(I. Lea, 1838)

Helminthoglypta nickliniana, common name "Nicklin's Peninsula snail" or "Coast Range shoulderband" is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.[1]

This snail is endemic to the United States.

Description

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


References

Wikidata ☰ Q3076704 entry