Helicarion

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Helicarion
Helicarion mastersi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Helicarion
Férussac, 1821[1]
Synonyms
  • Helecarion Férussac, 1821 (misspelling of original genus name, Helicarion Férussac, 1821)
  • Helicarion (Helicarion) Férussac, 1821
  • Helixarion Férussac, 1821 (incorrect original spelling)

Helicarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae.[2]

Helicarion is the type genus of the family Helicarionidae.[3]

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