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Chilostoma planospira

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Chilostoma planospira

| authority = (Férussac, 1832)

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Chilostoma planospira is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.

Anatomy

File:Chilostoma planospira dart.jpg of Chilostoma planospira.]]

These snails create and use love darts.{{cite journal|author=Joris M. Koene and Hinrich Schulenburg|url= |title=Shooting darts: co-evolution and counter-adaptation in hermaphroditic snails|journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |doi=10.1186/1471-2148-5-25|year=2005|volume=5|pages=25|pmid=15799778|pmc=1080126|doi-access= free}}

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Taxonomy

Subspecies:{{cite web |url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=426636 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012061355/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=426636 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2012 |title=Fauna Europaea |website=www.faunaeur.org |access-date=19 March 2011}}

  • Chilostoma planospira benedictum
  • Chilostoma planospira macrostoma
  • Chilostoma planospira occultatum
  • Chilostoma planospira planospira
  • Chilostoma planospira setulosum

References

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External links

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  • Species summary at: [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/picture?id=2000 AnimalBase]
  • Image of live animal at: [http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23784 Natura Mediterraneo]
  • Taxonomy at: [https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/225489 Uniprot]

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Category:Chilostoma

Category:Gastropods described in 1832

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