Helminthoglypta diabloensis
| Helminthoglypta diabloensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Subfamily: | Helminthoglyptinae |
| Genus: | Helminthoglypta |
| Species: | H. diabloensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Helminthoglypta diabloensis (J. G. Cooper, 1869)
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| Synonyms | |
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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
[edit]- ^ Binney, William Greene (1885). A Manual of American Land Shells. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 135.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta diabloensis (J. G. Cooper, 1869)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Cooper, J.G. (1869). On the distribution and localities of west coast helicoid land shells, &c. American Journal of Conchology, 4(4): 211-24