''Mysticarion'' is a genus of air-breathing, tree-dwelling

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial arboreal

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusc 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 esti ...

s in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mysticarion Iredale, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818401 on 2021-08-26

Species

Species within the genus ''Mysticarion'' include: * ''

Mysticarion hyalinus ''Mysticarion'' is a genus of air-breathing, tree-dwelling land snails, terrestrial arboreal pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mysticarion Iredal ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''

Mysticarion insuetus ''Mysticarion'' is a genus of air-breathing, tree-dwelling land snails, terrestrial arboreal pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mysticarion Iredal ...

'' - the type subspecie

* ''

Mysticarion leucospira ''Mysticarion'' is a genus of air-breathing, tree-dwelling land snails, terrestrial arboreal pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mysticarion Iredal ...

'' ( Pfeiffer, 1857) - type species * ''

Mysticarion obscurior ''Mysticarion'' is a genus of air-breathing, tree-dwelling land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial arboreal pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. My ...

'' Hyman, Lamborena & Köhler, 2017 * ''

Mysticarion porrectus ''Mysticarion porrectus'', also known as ''Helicarion porrectus'', is a tree-dwelling snail in the family Helicarionidae. It is endemic to Australia. This species occurs in and near rainforests at high altitude in eastern Australia. It is asso ...

'' (Iredale, 1941) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Mysticarion huberi'' Thach, 2016: synonym of ''

Megaustenia huberi ''Megaustenia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ...

'' (Thach, 2016) (original combination) * ''Mysticarion leucospira'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) : synonym of '' Microkerkus leucospira'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (superseded combination)

References

External links

n I.T., de la Iglesia Lamborena I. & Köhler F. (2017). Molecular phylogenetics and systematic revision of the south-eastern Australian Helicarionidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Contributions to Zoology. 86(1): 51-95
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Helicarionidae {{Helicarionidae-stub