Chilostoma planospira
| Chilostoma planospira | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Chilostoma |
| Species: | C. planospira |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilostoma planospira (Férussac, 1832) | |
Chilostoma planospira is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.
Anatomy
Love dart of Chilostoma planospira.
These snails create and use love darts.[1]
Taxonomy
Subspecies:[2]
- Chilostoma planospira benedictum
- Chilostoma planospira macrostoma
- Chilostoma planospira occultatum
- Chilostoma planospira planospira
- Chilostoma planospira setulosum
References
- ↑ Joris M. Koene and Hinrich Schulenburg (2005). "Shooting darts: co-evolution and counter-adaptation in hermaphroditic snails". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 5: 25. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-25. PMC 1080126
. PMID 15799778. - ↑ http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=426636 accessed 19 March 2011
External links
- Specie summary at: AnimalBase
- Image of live animal at: Natura Mediterraneo
- Taxonomy at: Uniprot
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