Helicarion castanea (Pfeiffer, 1853)
Albany snail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Vitrina castanea Pfeiffer, 1853 (original combination); Helicarion thomsoni Ancey, 1889
Conservation Status
Extinct (Woinarski et al., 2019)
Last record: 1955 (GRL, 2006)
Distribution
Western Australia (Albany, Geographe Bay & Pemberton), Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp.
Other references:
Ancey, C. F. (1889). Description de Mollusques nouveaux d'Océanie. Le Naturaliste. 11 [= ser. 2, 3] (59): 19, 190-191.
Braby, Michael F. (2019). Are insects and other invertebrates in decline in Australia? Austral Entomology 58(3): 471-477. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12411
Grange Resources Limited. (2006). Short range endemic invetrebrate fauna survey report (Southdown Magnetite Proposal). Report prepared by ecologia Environment, October 2006. Perth: Western Australia. x + 88 pp.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicarion castanea (L. Pfeiffer, 1853). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149877 on 2022-03-23
Woinarski, John C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation 239: 108261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261