''Helminthoglypta tudiculata'',
common names the southern California shoulderband or southern shoulderband, is a
species of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
, a
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
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.
References
* Taxonomy at
* Image of a mating pair at
* Image of a live individual at
Molluscs of the United States
Helminthoglypta
Gastropods described in 1838
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