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.
Species
Species within the genus Helminthoglypta include:
- Helminthoglypta allynsmithi, Allyn Smith's banded snail
- Helminthoglypta arrosa <small>(W.G. Binney, 1858)</small>
- Helminthoglypta avus <small>(Bartsch, 1916)</small>
- Helminthoglypta ayresiana <small>(Newcomb, 1861)</small>
- Helminthoglypta benitoensis <small>H.N. Lowe, 1930</small>
- Helminthoglypta berryi <small>Hanna, 1929</small>
- â Helminthoglypta bozemanensis <small>B. Roth, 1986</small>
- Helminthoglypta californiensis <small>(I. Lea, 1838)</small>
- Helminthoglypta callistoderma <small>((Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1919))</small>, Kern shoulderband
- Helminthoglypta carpenteri <small>(Newcomb, 1861)</small>
- Helminthoglypta caruthersi <small>Willett, 1934</small>
- Helminthoglypta coelata <small>(Bartsch, 1916),</small> mesa shoulderband
- Helminthoglypta concolor <small>B. Roth & Hochberg, 1988</small>
- Helminthoglypta contracostae <small>(Pilsbry, 1895)</small>
- Helminthoglypta crotalina <small>S.S. Berry, 1928</small>
- Helminthoglypta cuyama <small>Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1937</small>
- Helminthoglypta cypreophila <small>(W.G. Binney & Bland, 1869)</small>
- Helminthoglypta diabloensis <small>(J.G. Cooper, 1869)</small>
- Helminthoglypta dupetithouarsii <small>(Deshayes, 1840)</small>
- Helminthoglypta edwardsi <small>Gregg & W.B. Miller, 1976</small>
- Helminthoglypta euomphalodes <small>S.S. Berry, 1938</small>
- Helminthoglypta exarata <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)</small>
- Helminthoglypta expansilabris <small>(Pilsbry, 1898)</small>
- Helminthoglypta ferrissi <small>Pilsbry, 1924</small>
- Helminthoglypta fieldi <small>Pilsbry, 1930</small>
- Helminthoglypta fisheri <small>(Bartsch, 1904)</small>
- Helminthoglypta fontiphila <small>Gregg, 1931</small>
- Helminthoglypta graniticola <small>S.S. Berry, 1926</small>
- Helminthoglypta greggi <small>Willett, 1931</small>
- Helminthoglypta hannai <small>Pilsbry, 1927</small>
- Helminthoglypta hertleini <small>Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1937</small>
- Helminthoglypta inglesi <small>S.S. Berry, 1938</small>
- Helminthoglypta isabella <small>S.S. Berry, 1938</small>
- Helminthoglypta jaegeri <small>S.S. Berry, 1928</small>
- Helminthoglypta liodoma <small>S.S. Berry, 1938</small>
- Helminthoglypta mailliardi <small>Pilsbry, 1926</small>
- â Helminthoglypta martini <small>(Hanna, 1920)</small>
- Helminthoglypta micrometalleoides <small>W.B. Miller, 1970</small>
- Helminthoglypta milleri <small>Reeder, 1986</small>
- Helminthoglypta misiona <small>Chase, 1937</small>
- Helminthoglypta mohaveana <small>S.S. Berry, 1927</small>, Victorville shoulderband
- Helminthoglypta montezuma <small>Reeder & W.B. Miller, 1986</small>
- Helminthoglypta morroensis <small>(Hemphill, 1911)</small>, Chorro shoulderband
- Helminthoglypta nickliniana <small>(I. Lea, 1838)</small>
- Helminthoglypta orina <small>S.S. Berry, 1938</small>
- Helminthoglypta petricola <small>(S.S. Berry, 1916)</small>
- Helminthoglypta phlyctaena <small>(Bartsch, 1916)</small>, Zaca shoulderband
- Helminthoglypta piutensis <small>Willett, 1938</small>
- Helminthoglypta proles <small>(Hemphill in W.G. Binney, 1892)</small>
- Helminthoglypta reederi <small>W. B. Miller, 1981</small>
- Helminthoglypta reediana <small>Willett, 1932</small>
- Helminthoglypta salviae <small>B. Roth, 1987</small>
- Helminthoglypta sanctaecrucis <small>Pilsbry, 1927</small>
- Helminthoglypta sequoicola <small>(J.G. Cooper, 1866)</small>
- Helminthoglypta similans <small>Hanna & A. G. Smith, 1937</small>
- Helminthoglypta sonoma <small>Pilsbry, 1937</small>
- Helminthoglypta stageri <small>Willett, 1938</small>
- Helminthoglypta stiversiana <small>(J.G. Cooper, 1875)</small>
- Helminthoglypta talmadgei <small>B. Roth, 1988</small>
- Helminthoglypta taylori <small>Reeder & B. Roth, 1988</small>
- Helminthoglypta tejonis <small>S.S. Berry, 1930</small>
- Helminthoglypta thermimontis <small>S.S. Berry, 1953</small>
- Helminthoglypta traskii <small>(Newcomb, 1861)</small>
- Helminthoglypta tudiculata <small>(Binney, 1843)</small>
- Helminthoglypta tularensis <small>(Hemphill in W.G. Binney, 1892)</small>
- Helminthoglypta umbilicata <small>(Pilsbry, 1898)</small>
- Helminthoglypta uvasana <small>B. Roth & Hochberg, 1992</small>
- Helminthoglypta vasquezi <small>B. Roth & Hochberg, 1992</small>
- Helminthoglypta venturensis <small>(Bartsch, 1916)</small>
- Helminthoglypta walkeriana <small>(Hemphill, 1911)</small>, banded dune snail
- Helminthoglypta waltoni <small>Gregg & W.B. Miller, 1976</small>
- Helminthoglypta willetti <small>(S.S. Berry, 1920)</small>
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