Helminthoglypta nickliniana, common name "Nicklin's Peninsula snail" or "Coast Range shoulderband" is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.[1]
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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. nickliniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)
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This snail is endemic to the United States.
Description
editThis species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-18.