Helminthoglypta tudiculata
Species of gastropod
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.
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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. tudiculata
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| Helminthoglypta tudiculata (I. Lea, 1838)
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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]Error: "Q3076643" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.