Helicarion rubicundus

Taxobox
name = "Helicarion rubicundus"


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Stylommatophora
familia = Helicarionidae
genus = "Helicarion"
species = "H. rubicundus"
binomial = "Helicarion rubicundus"
binomial_authority = Dartnall & Kershaw, 1978
synonyms =

"Helicarion rubicundus" is a species of gastropod in the Helicarionidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Description

Known for its red and green animal and thin pale yellow shell, the burgundy snail is endemic to Tasmania.

ource

* Otley, H.M. (1999). Survey report for the burgundy snail (Helicarion rubicundus) on the Forestier and Tasman Peninsulas. Report to Forestry Tasmania. [http://www.fpa.tas.gov.au/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFs/Zoology_Ecology/tfm_References.pdf source list 23 April 2008]
* Smith, B. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9789/all Helicarion rubicundus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
* Taylor, R.J. (1991). Distribution and habitat of Helicarion rubicundus (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae), a rare land snail. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 125: 27-28. [http://www.fpa.tas.gov.au/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFs/Zoology_Ecology/tfm_References.pdf source list 23 April 2008]