Humboldtiana

Taxobox
name = Humboldtiana


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
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superordo =
ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
infraordo = Stylommatophora
superfamilia = Helicoidea
familia = Humboldtianidae
genus = "Humboldtiana"
genus_authority = Pilsbry, 1939
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Humboldtiana" is a genus of American air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Humboldtianidae.

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.

pecies within the genus "Humboldtiana"

* "Humboldtiana agavophila"
* "Humboldtiana hoegiana"
* "Humboldtiana nuevoleonis"
* "Humboldtiana ultima"
* ...

References

* A list of papers about the genus at [http://www.worldwideconchology.com/iframe/HumboldtianidaeLiterature.html]

* cite journal
author = Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P.
year = 2005
date=
title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
journal = Malacologia
volume =47
issue = 1-2
pages = 1–397
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doi =