Humboldtiana nuevoleonis

Humboldtiana nuevoleonis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Xanthonychidae
Genus:	Humboldtiana
Species:	H. nuevoleonis
Binomial name
	Humboldtiana nuevoleonis; Pilsbry, 1927

Humboldtiana nuevoleonis is a species of American air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Humboldtianidae.

Anatomy

The scanning electron microscope image of the love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis: lateral view (above), scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and a cross section of the dart (below), scale bar 50 μm.

Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

References

Mentioned at [1]

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