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.