Humboldtiana nuevoleonis

Taxobox
name = Humboldtiana


image_caption =
image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis =
superordo =
ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
infraordo = Stylommatophora
superfamilia = Helicoidea
familia = Humboldtianidae
genus = "Humboldtiana"
species = "H. nuevoleonis"
binomial = 'Humboldtiana nuevoleonis"
binomial_authority = Pilsbry, 1927

"Humboldtiana nuevoleonis" is a species of American air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Humboldtianidae.

Anatomy

Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

The scanning electron microscope images on the left show (above) the lateral view of the love dart of this species, scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and (below) a cross section of the dart, scale bar 50 μm.

References

* Mentioned at [http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/225493]