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Helminthoglypta
Sign in to saveHelminthoglypta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae of the family Xanthonychidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyXanthonychidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 689
- With media
- 124
- Family
- Xanthonychidae
- Collections
- CAS, UCM, SDNHM, UCMP, PRI
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Helminthoglyptidae
- Image
- Helminthoglypta sp.jpeg
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Helminthoglypta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae of the family Xanthonychidae.
Species within this genus of snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helminthoglypta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.