Genus Fastosarion Iredale, 1933
- Fastosarion Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [37].
Type species:
Vitrina superba Cox, 1871 by original designation. - Vercularion Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [38].
Type species:
Helicarion bullaceus Odhner, 1917 by original designation. - Eungarion Stanisic, J. 1993. Eungarion mcdonaldi gen. et sp. nov., a montane semi-slug from mideastern Queensland rainforests (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34: 27-34 [27].
Type species:
Eungarion mcdonaldi Stanisic, 1993 by original designation. - Dimidarion Stanisic, J. in Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [314, 557] [etymology: a combination of the Latin dimidius = half and a contraction of Helicarion, referring to the small size of the species].
Type species:
Dimidarion alyssa Stanisic, 2010 by original designation. - Hymanarion Stanisic, J. in Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [etymology: for land snail researcher Isabel Hyman, and a contraction of Helicarion].
Type species:
Hymanarion hanniana Stanisic, 2010 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [231] (Kershaw, R.C.)
- Hyman, I.T. & Kohler, F. 2019. Phylogeny and systematic revision of the helicarionid semislugs of eastern Queensland (Stylommatophora, Helicarionidae). Contributions to Zoology 2019: 1-101 (for Dimidarion, Eungarion and Hymanarion)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
ME NSW to the Wet Tropics, NE Qld
IBRA
NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
General References
Scott, B. 1995. Redescription of Fastosarion superba (Cox, 1871) with descriptions of two new species of Fastosarion from northern Queensland (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae). Molluscan Research 16: 69-80 [70-72]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2020 | STYLOMMATOPHORA | 14-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Feb-2014 | HELICARIONIDAE | 05-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic (BAAM) |
| 18-Jun-2010 | 26-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |