Species

Helminthoglypta nickliniana (Nicklin’s shoulderband snail)

Helminthoglypta nickliniana. Photo: (c) James Maughn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
      - Subclass: Heterobranchia (Heterobranchs)
        Infraclass: Euthyneura
        Subterclass: Tectipleura
        Superorder: Eupulmonata
        Order: Stylommatophora (Common land snails and slugs)
        Suborder: Helicina (Helicinan snails and slugs)
        Infraorder: Helicoidei (Helicoid and sagdoid land snails)
        Superfamily: Helicoidea (Helicoid land snails)
        Family: Xanthonychidae
        Subfamily: Helminthoglyptinae
        Tribe: Helminthoglyptini
        Genus: Helminthoglypta (Shoulderband snails)
        Species: Helminthoglypta nickliniana (Nicklin’s shoulderband snail)
        Subspecies: Helminthoglypta nickliniana anachoreta

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Helminthoglypta nickliniana anachoreta

Sightings

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