Helminthoglypta nickliniana

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Helminthoglypta nickliniana
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Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Genus: Helminthoglypta
Species:
H. nickliniana
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta nickliniana
(I. Lea, 1838)
Nicklin's Shoulderband Snail (Helminthoglypta nickliniana), Range Map.svg
Helminthoglypta nickliniana natural range, estimated with the iNaturalist Geomodel, 2025

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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