Euhadra amaliae

Euhadra amaliae

Taxobox
name = "Euhadra"


image_caption =
image_width =
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Bradybaenidae
genus = "Euhadra"
species = "E. amaliae"
binomial ="Euhadra amaliae"
binomial_authority =(Kobelt, 1875)

"Euhadra amaliae" is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.

Anatomy

This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

Distribution

This snail is endemic to Japan.

References

* Taxonomy at: [http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/87838]
*Some very brightly colored shells of the species at: [http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/~shell/pic_book/data17/r001694.html]


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