Mysticarion porrectus

Golden Semi-slug at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Mysticarion porrectus	15 Jan 2020	MichaelBedingfield
	Unidentified	30 Dec 2019	TimL

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User's notes

Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of this small and active snail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.

3 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

15 Jan 2020

Hi Tim
We have enough good photos of this interesting snail to give it an ID, so I have separated it from the others in that class. If you could spare the time to research it would be great to have a name for it.

TimL wrote:

15 Jan 2020

Hi Michael,
When I've looked into these snails the best I've been able to come up with is:
Semi-slug, fam Helicarionidae. (Phylum Mollusca. Class Gastropoda. Order Stylommatophora. Superfamily Helicarionoidea. Family Helicarionidae. Genus Helicarion. Species Helicarion mastersi).
Not sure if this is correct, or helps.
Regards, Tim

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

15 Jan 2020

Thanks Tim

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Location information

Coordinates 149.108933 -35.277405
Altitude 599.5m
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Dec 2019 12:54 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
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Other Invertebrates Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) Molluscs (Mollusca)

Species information

Mysticarion porrectus Scientific name
Golden Semi-slug Common name
Not Sensitive
Non-local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 664.12m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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