Humboldtiana nuevoleonis

Humboldtiana nuevoleonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Humboldtianidae
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


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