Helminthoglypta nickliniana

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Helminthoglypta nickliniana
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Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
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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 shoulderband snail [2] or Coast Range shoulderband snail [1] is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. [3]

Contents

This snail is endemic to California, where it is found in Northern California and Central California. [1]

Behavior

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

Subspecies

Helminthoglypta nickliniana includes five subspecies: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Helminthoglypta nickliniana". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  2. ↑ "Nicklin's Shoulderband Snail (Helminthoglypta nickliniana)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  3. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-18.


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