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Helminthoglypta tudiculata

Helminthiglypta tudiculata
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Three views of a shell of Helminthoglypta tudiculata from W. G. Binney, 1878
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helminthoglyptidae
Genus: Helminthoglypta
Species: H. tudiculata
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta tudiculata
(I. Lea, 1838)

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.

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



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