Helicarion cuvieri, FERUSSAC, 1821

Hyman, Isabel T & Köhler, Frank, 2018, Reconciling comparative anatomy and mitochondrial phylogenetics in revising species limits in the Australian semislug Helicarion Férussac, 1821 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184, pp. 933-968 : 948-949

HELICARION CUVIERI FÉRUSSAC, 1821

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Helixarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821 : pl. 9, fig. 8 (published in January).

Helicarion cuvieri Férussac, 1821: 20 (published in April). Pfeiffer & Clessin, 1881: 32; Semper, 1870: 31, pl. 3, fig. 7, pl. 6, fig. 11; Tryon, 1885: 168, pl. 38, figs 36–38; Iredale, 1937: 7; Baker, 1941: 263; Kershaw, 1979: 146; Smith, 1992: 233; Hyman & Ponder, 2010: 24, figs 5A, 7A, B, 8A, B, 9A, B, 10A, 11A, 12A, 13A, 14A, B; Stanisic, Shea, Potter & Griffiths, 2010: 206–207, 209.

Vitrina nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: 135–136 , pl. 11, figs 8–9; Cox, 1868: 84, no. 204; Petterd & Hedley, 1909: 310; Cox & Hedley, 1912: 14; Gabriel, 1930: 85.

Vitrina cuvieri – Reeve, 1862: pl. 3, sp. 15; Pfeiffer, 1876: 24.

Nanina ( Helicarion) cuvieri – Martens & Albers, 1860: 47.

Vitrina verrauxii Pfeiffer, 1850: 132 ; Martens & Albers, 1860: 44; Reeve, 1862: pl. 4, sp. 21; Cox, 1868: 83, pl. 14, figs 14, 14a; Pfeiffer, 1876: 24; Petterd, 1879: 49; Hedley, 1891: 24, pl. 2, fig. 10, 12, pl. 3, fig. 4.

Helicarion verrauxii – Pfeiffer & Clessin, 1881: 32; Tryon, 1885: 169, pl. 38, fig. 40.

Helix ( Paryphanta ?) vitrinaformis Legrand, 1871 [without page numbers].

Helix buttoni Petterd, 1879: 55 [unnecessary replacement name for Helix ( Paryphanta ?) vitrinaformis Legrand, 1871 ].

Helicarion niger – Iredale, 1937: 7; Kershaw, 1981: 19–24, figs 1–15; Stanisic, Shea, Potter & Griffiths, 2010: 206–207.

Helicarion mastersi callidus Iredale, 1941: 6 ; Smith, 1992: 234.

Helicarion leopardina Iredale, 1941: 6 [sic!]; Smith, 1992: 233–234; Stanisic et al., 2010: 302–303.

Figures

Figure 6. Occurrence records of Helicarion from the malacological collections of the AM, QM, NMV, TMAG and QVMAG. Symbols: +, specimens examined in the present study. Inset map shows details of specimens found in the Sydney region. Letters A–K refer to the subclades of the phylogenetic analysis. Subclades A–H, Helicarion cuvieri; subclades I–K, Helicarion mastersi.

Figure 7. Helicarion cuvieri shells. A, clade A, AM C.443929, Mt Wellington, Tas (photograph: H. Barlow). B, clade C, MV590, Mitchell River NP, Vic. C, clade E (probable holotype of Helicarion leopardinus), AM C.101141, Ourimbah, NSW (photographer: H. Barlow). D, clade F, AM C.559126, Monga NP, NSW. E, clade G, AM C.500941, Blue Mountains NP, NSW. F, clade H, AM C.332848, Brindabella Range, ACT. Scale bar: 4 mm.

Figure 8. Microsculpture of Helicarion cuvieri shells: protoconch (first column), early teleoconch (second column) and late teleoconch (third column). A–C, clade A, AM C.443935. D–F, clade C, MV590. G–I, clade E, AM C.443902. J–L, clade F, AM C.559126. M–O, clade G, AM C.500941. P–R, clade H, AM C.332848. Scale bars: 100 µm (A–C, J), 50 µm (D, E, G, H, K–R), 20 µm (F), 200 µm (I).

Figure 9. Live specimens of Helicarion cuvieri, clade A (not to scale). A, pale form, Central Plateau (Tas). B, orange form, Tarkine (Tas). C, dark form, Holwell (Tas). D, Otway Range NP, Victoria. E, Brown Mountain, NSW, AM C.483714. Photographs by Adnan Moussalli (A, B), Reiner Richter (C, D).