Helminthoglypta nickliniana
Appearance
Helminthoglypta nickliniana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Xanthonychidae |
Genus: | Helminthoglypta |
Species: | H. nickliniana
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Binomial name | |
Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)
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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
[edit]This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-18.