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Helminthoglypta diabloensis

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Helminthoglypta diabloensis

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Helminthoglyptinae
Genus: Helminthoglypta
Species:
H. diabloensis
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta diabloensis
(J. G. Cooper, 1869)
Synonyms

Helix diabloensis J. G. Cooper, 1869

Helminthoglypta diabloensis, or the silky shoulderband snail, is a North American species of air-breathing land snail. It is found in California, including the California Coast Ranges, Diablo Range, and other areas in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Yolo, Colusa and Napa Counties.[1][2] The shell of H. diabloensis is described as having six to seven tightly coiled whorls.[3]

This snail was previously described as Helix diabloensis.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Binney, William Greene (1885). A Manual of American Land Shells. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 135.
  2. ^ Southern California Academy of Sciences (1902). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. LuEsther T. Mertz Library New York Botanical Garden. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy.
  3. ^ Pilsbry, Henry A. (1926). "Land Mollusks (Helicidae) from Central and Northern California". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 78: 477–488. ISSN 0097-3157. JSTOR 4063960.
  4. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta diabloensis (J. G. Cooper, 1869)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

Further reading

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  • Cooper, J.G. (1869). On the distribution and localities of west coast helicoid land shells, &c. American Journal of Conchology, 4(4): 211-24