''Helicarion'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snails or
semislugs,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.
Distribution
The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, In ...
.
[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
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
of the family Helicarionidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Helicarion'' include:
* ''
Helicarion altitudinis
''Helicarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register o ...
''
Pilsbry, 1934
* ''
Helicarion australis''
Reeve, 1862
* ''
Helicarion castanea''
(Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Helicarion cuvieri''
Férussac, 1821 - type species
Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 18 September 2011.
* ''Helicarion mastersi
''Helicarion mastersi'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, also referred to as a semi-slug because of its small shell. It is a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicarionidae.
The specific name '' ...
'' Cox, 1868
* ''Helicarion melanesicus
''Helicarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register o ...
'' I. Rensch, 1932
* ''Helicarion perfragilis
''Helicarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register o ...
'' Möllendorff, 1897 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Helicarion schneideri
''Helicarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register o ...
'' I. Rensch, 1932
* ''Helicarion willeyana
''Helicarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register o ...
'' Godwin-Austen, 1903
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Helicarion leopardina'' Iredale, 1941: synonym of '' Helicarion cuvieri'' Férussac, 1821
* ''Helicarion porrectus''Iredale, 1941: syno,nym of '' Mysticarion porrectus'' Iredale, 1941
* ''Helicarion rubicundus'' (Dartnall & Kershaw, 1978) was moved to the monotypic genus ''Attenborougharion'' in 2017
References
External links
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
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.
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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