Mysticarion
Encyclopedia
Mysticarion is a genus
of air-breathing, tree-dwelling land snail
s, terrestrial
arboreal pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing, tree-dwelling land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
arboreal pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.- Distribution :...
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Species
Species within the genus Mysticarion include:- Mysticarion leucospira insuetus - the type subspecies http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Mysticarion/names
- Mysticarion hyalina http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/M/Mysticarion_porrectus/
- Mysticarion leucospira (PfeifferPfeifferPfeiffer is the surname of several notable people:Scientists* Carl Pfeiffer - One of the founders of orthomolecular psychiatry* Carl Pfeiffer , German malacologist...
, 1857) - type species - Mysticarion porrectusMysticarion porrectusMysticarion porrectus, also known as Helicarion porrectus, is a tree-dwelling snail in the family Helicarionidae. It is endemic to Australia. This species occurs in and near rainforests at high altitude in eastern Australia...
External links
- Australian Biological Resources Study page: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Mysticarion
- Zipcodezoo info: http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/M/Mysticarion_porrectus/