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Helminthoglypta nickliniana

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Species of gastropod

Helminthoglypta nickliniana
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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.

This snail is endemic to the United States.

Description

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


References

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


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