Helicarion
{{Short description|Genus of land snails and semislugs}}
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|image = Snail Pigeon House Mountain.jpg
|image_caption = Helicarion mastersi
|taxon = Helicarion
|authority = Férussac, 1821Férussac A. É. d'A. de (1821). Tableaux Systematiques des Animaux Mollusques: suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, Bertrand xlvii, 114 pp., Tabl. gén., xxxi.
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- Helecarion Férussac, 1821 (misspelling of original genus name, Helicarion Férussac, 1821)
- Helicarion (Helicarion) Férussac, 1821
- Helixarion Férussac, 1821 (incorrect original spelling)
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Helicarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818309 on 2021-01-31
Helicarion is the type genus of the family Helicarionidae.{{Bouchet 2005}}
Species
Species within the genus Helicarion include:
- Helicarion altitudinis Pilsbry, 1934
- Helicarion australis Reeve, 1862
- Helicarion castanea (Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Helicarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821 - type species[http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Helicarion ]. Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 18 September 2011.
- Helicarion mastersi Cox, 1868
- Helicarion melanesicus I. Rensch, 1932
- Helicarion perfragilis Möllendorff, 1897 (taxon inquirendum)
- Helicarion schneideri I. Rensch, 1932
- Helicarion willeyana Godwin-Austen, 1903
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Helicarion leopardina Iredale, 1941: synonym of Helicarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821
- Helicarion porrectusIredale, 1941: syno,nym of Mysticarion porrectus Iredale, 1941
- Helicarion rubicundus (Dartnall & Kershaw, 1978) was moved to the monotypic genus Attenborougharion in 2017
References
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External links
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11057234 Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, 1821 et 1822. Livraison 9: 1-24]
- [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly017 Hyman, I. T.; Köhler, F. (2018). Reconciling comparative anatomy and mitochondrial phylogenetics in revising species limits in the Australian semislug Helicarion Férussac, 1821 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144 Godwin-Austen H.H. (1882-1920). Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. London, Taylor & Francis.]
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