Family Humboldtianidae Rank Genus | Superfamily Helicoidea Scientific name Humboldtiana Higher classification Humboldtianidae | |
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Similar Humboldtianidae, Sonorella, Ashmunella, Helminthoglyptidae, Holospira | ||
La universidad napole nica y la universidad humboldtiana
Humboldtiana is a genus of American air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Humboldtianidae.
Contents
Salix humboldtiana
Anatomy
Snails in this genus 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 Humboldtiana nuevoleonis, scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and (below) a cross section of the dart, scale bar 50 μm.
Species
Species within the genus Humboldtiana include:
References
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