Helminthoglypta nickliniana

Helminthoglypta nickliniana, common name Nicklin's shoulderband snail or Coast Range shoulderband snail is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

This snail is endemic to California, where it is found in Northern California and Central California.

Behavior

This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

Subspecies

Helminthoglypta nickliniana includes five subspecies:

• Helminthoglypta nickliniana anachoreta (W. G. Binney, 1858)
• Helminthoglypta nickliniana awania (Bartsch, 1919)
• Helminthoglypta nickliniana bridgesii (Newcomb, 1861)
• Helminthoglypta nickliniana nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)
• Helminthoglypta nickliniana ramentosa (A. Gould, 1856)

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