title: Humboldtiana
text: # Humboldtiana
  
  Humboldtiana is a genus of American air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Humboldtianinae.
  
  ## Anatomy
  
  Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
  
  The scanning electron microscope images on the left show (above) the lateral view of the love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis, scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and (below) a cross section of the dart, scale bar 50 μm.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Humboldtiana include:
  
  * Humboldtiana agavophila Pratt, 1971
  * Humboldtiana hoegiana
  * Humboldtiana nuevoleonis Pilsbry, 1927
  * Humboldtiana ultima
  