Helminthoglypta nickliniana, common name Coast Range shoulderband snail or Nicklin's shoulderband snail is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.
This snail is endemic to California, where it is found in Northern California and Central California.
Behavior This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
Subspecies Helminthoglypta nickliniana includes five subspecies:
Helminthoglypta nickliniana anachoreta (W. G. Binney, 1858) Helminthoglypta nickliniana awania (Bartsch, 1919) Helminthoglypta nickliniana bridgesii (Newcomb, 1861) Helminthoglypta nickliniana nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838) Helminthoglypta nickliniana ramentosa (A. Gould, 1856)
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