Delphinatia glacialis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.[1]
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| Delphinatia glacialis shells (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | D. glacialis
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| Delphinatia glacialis (Férussac, 1832)
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Chilostoma (Delphinatia) glaciale (A. Férussac, 1832) | |
Anatomy edit
These snails create and use love darts.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delphinatia glacialis.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Delphinatia glacialis (A. Férussac, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002183 on 2020-10-18
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
- Image at [1]
- Taxonomy at [2]
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