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Helicarion cuvieri

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Helicarion cuvieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Helicarion
Species:
H. cuvieri
Binomial name
Helicarion cuvieri
Férussac, 1821
Synonyms
  • Helicarion leopardina Iredale, 1941
  • Helicarion mastersi callidus Iredale, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • Helicarion nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) (junior synonym)
  • Helix buttoni Petterd, 1879 (junior synonym)
  • Helix vitrinaformis Legrand, 1871 (junior synonym)
  • Vitrina nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (junior synonym)
  • Vitrina verrauxii Pfeiffer, 1850 (junior synonym)

Helicarion cuvieri is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicarionidae.[1]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to south-eastern Australia.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253625 on 2021-01-31
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