Helicarion


Helicarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae.
Helicarion is the type genus of the family Helicarionidae.

Species

Species within the genus Helicarion include:Helicarion altitudinis Pilsbry, 1934Helicarion australis Reeve, 1862Helicarion castanea Helicarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821 - type speciesHelicarion mastersi Cox, 1868Helicarion melanesicus I. Rensch, 1932Helicarion perfragilis Möllendorff, 1897 Helicarion schneideri I. Rensch, 1932Helicarion willeyana Godwin-Austen, 1903
;Species brought into synonymy:Helicarion leopardina Iredale, 1941: synonym of Helicarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821Helicarion porrectusIredale, 1941: syno,nym of Mysticarion porrectus Iredale, 1941Helicarion rubicundus was moved to the monotypic genus Attenborougharion in 2017