Helicarion mastersi

Helicarion mastersi is a species of air-breathing land snail, also referred to as a semi-slug because of its small shell. It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicarionidae.
The specific name mastersi is in honor of the Australian malacologist George Masters, who collected the type specimen.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:Helicarion mastersi callidus Iredale, 1941

''Helicarion mastersi mastersi''

Distribution

This species is found in New South Wales, Australia.
The type locality is Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.

Description

Helicarion mastersi was originally described by James Charles Cox in 1868. Cox's original text reads as follows:

Ecology

This semislug lives in closed Eucalyptus forests. It is primarily an arboreal species, but it can also be found in leaf litter.