Helminthoglypta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae of the family Xanthonychidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helminthoglypta Ancey, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996492 on 2021-02-25
Species within this genus of snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species Species within the genus Helminthoglypta include: Helminthoglypta allynsmithi, Allyn Smith's banded snail Helminthoglypta arrosa (W.G. Binney, 1858) Helminthoglypta avus (Bartsch, 1916) Helminthoglypta ayresiana (Newcomb, 1861) Helminthoglypta benitoensis H.N. Lowe, 1930 Helminthoglypta berryi Hanna, 1929 † Helminthoglypta bozemanensis B. Roth, 1986 Helminthoglypta californiensis (I. Lea, 1838) Point Pinos shoulderband Helminthoglypta callistoderma ((Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1919)), Kern shoulderband Helminthoglypta carpenteri (Newcomb, 1861) Helminthoglypta caruthersi Willett, 1934 Helminthoglypta coelata (Bartsch, 1916), mesa shoulderband Helminthoglypta concolor B. Roth & Hochberg, 1988 Helminthoglypta contracostae (Pilsbry, 1895) Helminthoglypta crotalina S.S. Berry, 1928 Helminthoglypta cuyama Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1937 Helminthoglypta cypreophila (W.G. Binney & Bland, 1869) Helminthoglypta diabloensis (J.G. Cooper, 1869) Helminthoglypta dupetithouarsii (Deshayes, 1840) Helminthoglypta edwardsi Gregg & W.B. Miller, 1976 Helminthoglypta euomphalodes S.S. Berry, 1938 Helminthoglypta exarata (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) Helminthoglypta expansilabris (Pilsbry, 1898) Helminthoglypta ferrissi Pilsbry, 1924 Helminthoglypta fieldi Pilsbry, 1930 Helminthoglypta fisheri (Bartsch, 1904) Helminthoglypta fontiphila Gregg, 1931 Helminthoglypta graniticola S.S. Berry, 1926 Helminthoglypta greggi Willett, 1931 Helminthoglypta hannai Pilsbry, 1927 Helminthoglypta hertleini Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1937 Helminthoglypta inglesi S.S. Berry, 1938 Helminthoglypta isabella S.S. Berry, 1938 Helminthoglypta jaegeri S.S. Berry, 1928 Helminthoglypta liodoma S.S. Berry, 1938 Helminthoglypta mailliardi Pilsbry, 1926 † Helminthoglypta martini (Hanna, 1920) Helminthoglypta micrometalleoides W.B. Miller, 1970 Helminthoglypta milleri Reeder, 1986 Helminthoglypta misiona Chase, 1937 Helminthoglypta mohaveana S.S. Berry, 1927, Victorville shoulderband Helminthoglypta montezuma Reeder & W.B. Miller, 1986 Helminthoglypta morroensis (Hemphill, 1911), Chorro shoulderband Helminthoglypta nickliniana (I. Lea, 1838) Helminthoglypta orina S.S. Berry, 1938 Helminthoglypta petricola (S.S. Berry, 1916) Helminthoglypta phlyctaena (Bartsch, 1916), Zaca shoulderband Helminthoglypta piutensis Willett, 1938 Helminthoglypta proles (Hemphill in W.G. Binney, 1892) Helminthoglypta reederi W. B. Miller, 1981 Helminthoglypta reediana Willett, 1932 Helminthoglypta salviae B. Roth, 1987 Helminthoglypta sanctaecrucis Pilsbry, 1927 Helminthoglypta sequoicola (J.G. Cooper, 1866) Helminthoglypta similans Hanna & A. G. Smith, 1937 Helminthoglypta sonoma Pilsbry, 1937 Helminthoglypta stageri Willett, 1938 Helminthoglypta stiversiana (J.G. Cooper, 1875) Helminthoglypta talmadgei B. Roth, 1988 Helminthoglypta taylori Reeder & B. Roth, 1988 Helminthoglypta tejonis S.S. Berry, 1930 Helminthoglypta thermimontis S.S. Berry, 1953 Helminthoglypta traskii (Newcomb, 1861) Helminthoglypta tudiculata (Binney, 1843) Helminthoglypta tularensis (Hemphill in W.G. Binney, 1892) Helminthoglypta umbilicata (Pilsbry, 1898) Helminthoglypta uvasana B. Roth & Hochberg, 1992 Helminthoglypta vasquezi B. Roth & Hochberg, 1992 Helminthoglypta venturensis (Bartsch, 1916) Helminthoglypta walkeriana (Hemphill, 1911), banded dune snail Helminthoglypta waltoni Gregg & W.B. Miller, 1976 Helminthoglypta willetti (S.S. Berry, 1920)
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