Species Attenborougharion rubicundus (Dartnall & Kershaw, 1978)

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Species Attenborougharion rubicundus (Dartnall & Kershaw, 1978)

Helicarion rubicundus Dartnall, A.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1978. Description of a new species of Helicarion (Stylommatophora : Helicarionidae) in Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 62: 1-18 [2].
Type data:
Holotype TMH E9028, northeast flank of Hawkes Hill, near Eagle Hawk Neck, TAS.
Paratype(s) TMH E9029 2 specimens; QVM 9:184 2 specimens; NMV F29517 2 specimens.
Secondary source:
Kershaw, R.C. 1980. Notes on Helicarion rubicundus (Pulmonata : Helicarionidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4: 213-214 [213].

Generic Combinations

Attenborougharion rubicundus (Dartnall & Kershaw, 1978). —
Hyman, I.T. & Köhler, F. 2017. Attenborougharion gen. nov. (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Helicarionidae): A Likely Case of Convergent Evolution in Southeastern Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 69(2): 65-72 [69, Figs 1–4]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Area around Eaglehawk Neck, S TAS.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter, under bark, under logs.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

General References

Dartnall, A.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1978. Description of a new species of Helicarion (Stylommatophora : Helicarionidae) in Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 62: 1-18 (anatomy)

Taylor, R. 1997. Distribution and habitat of Helicarion rubicundus (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae), a rare land snail. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 125: 27-28 [27] (ecology)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	04-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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