Helminthoglypta nickliniana

Summary

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]

Helminthoglypta nickliniana

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

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

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-18.