Genus Helicarion Férussac, 1821

Museums

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• Helicarion Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. 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. [Jan. 1821] [20].

  Type species:

   Helicarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [169].
• Helixarion Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. 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. [Jan. 1821] [20] [Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1990. Case 2739. Helicarion Férussac, 1821 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation, and proposed designation of Helixarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47: 258–262 (258) submission requesting ICZN to use plenary powers to suppress Helixarion].

  Type species:

   Helixarion freycineti Férussac, 1821 by subsequent designation, see Thon, D. 1829. Helixarion. pp. 149-150 in Ersche, J.C. & Gruber, J.G. (eds). Allgemeine Encyclopadie der Wissenschasten und Kunste. 2nd section (H-N). Leipzig : Johann Friedrich Gleditsch. [149].

  Secondary source:

   Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1990. Case 2739. Helicarion Férussac, 1821 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation, and proposed designation of Helixarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47: 258-262.
• Luinarion Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [38].

  Type species:

   Helicarion thomsoni Ancey, 1889 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. [233] (Kershaw, R.C.)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Twofold Bay, SE NSW, N to Mt Coricudgy, ME NSW

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

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)