Chilostoma planospira explained

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

These snails create and use love darts.^[1]

Taxonomy

Subspecies:^[2]

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

External links

• Species summary at: AnimalBase
• Image of live animal at: Natura Mediterraneo
• Taxonomy at: Uniprot

Notes and References

1. Joris M. Koene and Hinrich Schulenburg. BMC Evolutionary Biology . 10.1186/1471-2148-5-25. 2005. 5. 25. 15799778. 1080126. free.
2. Web site: Fauna Europaea . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012061355/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=426636 . dead . 12 October 2012 . www.faunaeur.org . 19 March 2011.