Humboldtiana
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Humboldtiana is a genus of American air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Humboldtianinae.[1]
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:
- Humboldtiana agavophila Pratt, 1971[2]
- Humboldtiana hoegiana
- Humboldtiana nuevoleonis Pilsbry, 1927
- Humboldtiana ultima
References
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- ↑ Pratt W. L. (25 May 1971). "Humboldtiana agavophila, a New Helminthoglyptid Land Snail from the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas". The Southwestern Naturalist 15(4): 429-435. JSTOR.
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Further reading
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- Pilsbry H. A. (1948). "Inland Mollusks of Northern Mexico. I. The genera Humboldtiana, Sonorella, Oreohelix and Ashmunella". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 100: 185-203.
- A list of papers about the Humboldtiana