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Helminthoglypta nickliniana
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Xanthonychidae
Genus:	Helminthoglypta
Species:	H. nickliniana
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)

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)

References

1. ^ "Helminthoglypta nickliniana". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
2. "Nicklin's Shoulderband Snail (Helminthoglypta nickliniana)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-18.

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• Gastropods described in 1838
• Helicoidea stubs
• Endemic fauna of California
• Endemic molluscs of the United States