Biology:Humboldtiana nuevoleonis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Humboldtiana nuevoleonis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Xanthonychidae |
Genus: | Humboldtiana |
Species: | H. nuevoleonis
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Binomial name | |
Humboldtiana nuevoleonis Pilsbry, 1927
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Humboldtiana nuevoleonis is a species of American air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Humboldtianidae.
Anatomy
![](/wiki/images/thumb/c/cc/Humboldtiana_nuevoleonis_SEM_dart.jpg/250px-Humboldtiana_nuevoleonis_SEM_dart.jpg)
The scanning electron microscope image of the love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis: lateral view (above), scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and a cross section of the dart (below), scale bar 50 μm.
Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
References
- Mentioned at [1]
Wikidata ☰ Q5940462 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldtiana nuevoleonis.
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