Peninsula Coast Range Shoulderband Snail

Helminthoglypta nickliniana awania

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae

Helminthoglypta nickliniana, common name Coast Range shoulderband snail is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This snail is endemic to California, where it is found in Northern California and Central California. Behavior This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

Distribution

Peninsula Coast Range Shoulderband Snail — (c) Michael Warner, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michael Warner · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Michael Warner, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michael Warner · CC-BY DescriptionHelminthoglypta nickliniana, Wikipedia contributors

Peninsula Coast Range Shoulderband Snail

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