southern shoulderband

Helminthoglypta tudiculata

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae

Helminthoglypta tudiculata, common names the southern California shoulderband or southern 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. Anatomy This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,203Mexico · 2

Sources and credits

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southern shoulderband

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