Chilostoma planospira

Chilostoma planospira
Chilostoma planospira
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.

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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

  1. ^ Joris M. Koene and Hinrich Schulenburg (2005). "Shooting darts: co-evolution and counter-adaptation in hermaphroditic snails". BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2005, 5:25 5: 25. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-25. PMC 1080126. PMID 15799778. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/25. 
  2. ^ http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=426636 accessed 19 March 2011

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