Helicarion australis
| Helicarion australis | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | H. australis
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| Helicarion australis Reeve, 1862
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Helicarion australis, common name the "Australian native snail" is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
Description
These snails are smaller than the common garden snails and more colourful. The shell shape is a flattish spiral.
Habitat
Helicarion australis can be found around Sydney in bushland and old gardens. Unlike the common garden snail Helix aspersa, they eat decomposing waste wood and fungus and do not eat fresh, growing plants.[2]
References
- ^ Stanisic J. (1996). Helicarion australis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ Bushcare News - Hornsby Council (NSW) - Autumn Edition 2004