Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Helicarioninae Rank Species | Genus Attenborougharion | |
Similar Mysticarion porrectus, Helicarionidae, Stylommatophora | ||
Attenborough on attenborougharion rubicundus at the australian museum
Attenborougharion rubicundus is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae.
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This species is endemic to Australia, and is known only from the Forestier Peninsula and a small portion of the Tasman Peninsula on the island of Tasmania.
It has been referred to as the "burgundy snail" but should not to be confused with Helix pomatia, which is also known by that name.
The species was reassigned from genus Helicarion to Attenborougharion its own monotypic genus, named after David Attenborough, in 2017 by researchers at the Australian Museum, although as of February 2017 this revision had not yet been published.
Description
These snails are about 40 mm in length and are bright green and bright red.