Helminthoglypta umbilicata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Genus: | Helminthoglypta |
| Species: | H. umbilicata
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| Helminthoglypta umbilicata (Pilsbry, 1898)
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Helminthoglypta umbilicata, or the Big Sur shoulderband snail, is a North American species of air-breathing land snail. It is found in California,[1] from Monterey Bay to Morro Bay.[2] The shell has an open umbilicus and is about 27 millimetres (1.1 in) in diameter.[3] It uses reusable love darts in mating.[4]
Synonyms
[edit]Synonyms include:[5]
- Epiphragmophora tudiculata var. umbilicata Pilsbry, 1898 (original rank)
- Epiphragmophora dupetithouarsi cuestana Edson, 1912
- Helix dupetithouarsi var. concursus Pilsbry, 1924
- Helminthoglypta umbilicata cayucosensis Pilsbry, 1925
- Helminthoglypta umbilicata lioderma Pilsbry, 1939
References
[edit]- ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ "CCGP — Helminthoglypta tudiculata (Southern California Shoulderband Snail)". CCGP. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ Pilsbury, H. A. (1898). "Notices of new species and varieties of American land shells". The Nautilus. 12 (2): 22.
- ^ Lodi, Monica; Koene, Joris M. (2015-08-25). "The love-darts of land snails: integrating physiology, morphology and behaviour". Journal of Molluscan Studies: eyv046. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv046. ISSN 0260-1230.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Helminthoglypta umbilicata (Pilsbry, 1898)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
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