Helminthoglypta tudiculata

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.

Helminthoglypta tudiculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Xanthonychidae
Genus:	Helminthoglypta
Species:	H. tudiculata
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta tudiculata (I. Lea, 1838)

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: [1]
• Image of a mating pair at: [2]
• Image of a live individual at: [3]