Helminthoglypta Ancey 1887

Helminthoglypta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae of the family Xanthonychidae. ^[1]

Species within this genus of snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Helminthoglypta include:

• Helminthoglypta allynsmithi, Allyn Smith's banded snail
• Helminthoglypta arrosa (W.G. Binney, 1858)
• Helminthoglypta avus (Bartsch, 1916)
• Helminthoglypta ayresiana (Newcomb, 1861)
• Helminthoglypta benitoensis H.N. Lowe, 1930
• Helminthoglypta berryi Hanna, 1929
• † Helminthoglypta bozemanensis B. Roth, 1986
• Helminthoglypta californiensis (I. Lea, 1838)
• Helminthoglypta callistoderma ((Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1919)), Kern shoulderband
• Helminthoglypta carpenteri (Newcomb, 1861)
• Helminthoglypta caruthersi Willett, 1934
• Helminthoglypta coelata (Bartsch, 1916), mesa shoulderband
• Helminthoglypta concolor B. Roth & Hochberg, 1988
• Helminthoglypta contracostae (Pilsbry, 1895)
• Helminthoglypta crotalina S.S. Berry, 1928
• Helminthoglypta cuyama Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1937
• Helminthoglypta cypreophila (W.G. Binney & Bland, 1869)
• Helminthoglypta diabloensis (J.G. Cooper, 1869)
• Helminthoglypta dupetithouarsii (Deshayes, 1840)
• Helminthoglypta edwardsi Gregg & W.B. Miller, 1976
• Helminthoglypta euomphalodes S.S. Berry, 1938
• Helminthoglypta exarata (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
• Helminthoglypta expansilabris (Pilsbry, 1898)
• Helminthoglypta ferrissi Pilsbry, 1924
• Helminthoglypta fieldi Pilsbry, 1930
• Helminthoglypta fisheri (Bartsch, 1904)
• Helminthoglypta fontiphila Gregg, 1931
• Helminthoglypta graniticola S.S. Berry, 1926
• Helminthoglypta greggi Willett, 1931
• Helminthoglypta hannai Pilsbry, 1927
• Helminthoglypta hertleini Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1937
• Helminthoglypta inglesi S.S. Berry, 1938
• Helminthoglypta isabella S.S. Berry, 1938
• Helminthoglypta jaegeri S.S. Berry, 1928
• Helminthoglypta liodoma S.S. Berry, 1938
• Helminthoglypta mailliardi Pilsbry, 1926
• † Helminthoglypta martini (Hanna, 1920)
• Helminthoglypta micrometalleoides W.B. Miller, 1970
• Helminthoglypta milleri Reeder, 1986
• Helminthoglypta misiona Chase, 1937
• Helminthoglypta mohaveana S.S. Berry, 1927, Victorville shoulderband
• Helminthoglypta montezuma Reeder & W.B. Miller, 1986
• Helminthoglypta morroensis (Hemphill, 1911), Chorro shoulderband
• Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838)
• Helminthoglypta orina S.S. Berry, 1938
• Helminthoglypta petricola (S.S. Berry, 1916)
• Helminthoglypta phlyctaena (Bartsch, 1916), Zaca shoulderband
• Helminthoglypta piutensis Willett, 1938
• Helminthoglypta proles (Hemphill in W.G. Binney, 1892)
• Helminthoglypta reederi W. B. Miller, 1981
• Helminthoglypta reediana Willett, 1932
• Helminthoglypta salviae B. Roth, 1987
• Helminthoglypta sanctaecrucis Pilsbry, 1927
• Helminthoglypta sequoicola (J.G. Cooper, 1866)
• Helminthoglypta similans Hanna & A. G. Smith, 1937
• Helminthoglypta sonoma Pilsbry, 1937
• Helminthoglypta stageri Willett, 1938
• Helminthoglypta stiversiana (J.G. Cooper, 1875)
• Helminthoglypta talmadgei B. Roth, 1988
• Helminthoglypta taylori Reeder & B. Roth, 1988
• Helminthoglypta tejonis S.S. Berry, 1930
• Helminthoglypta thermimontis S.S. Berry, 1953
• Helminthoglypta traskii (Newcomb, 1861)
• Helminthoglypta tudiculata (Binney, 1843)
• Helminthoglypta tularensis (Hemphill in W.G. Binney, 1892)
• Helminthoglypta umbilicata (Pilsbry, 1898)
• Helminthoglypta uvasana B. Roth & Hochberg, 1992
• Helminthoglypta vasquezi B. Roth & Hochberg, 1992
• Helminthoglypta venturensis (Bartsch, 1916)
• Helminthoglypta walkeriana (Hemphill, 1911), banded dune snail
• Helminthoglypta waltoni Gregg & W.B. Miller, 1976
• Helminthoglypta willetti (S.S. Berry, 1920)

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