Fastosarion

Fastosarion sp., copyright Rosie Benz.

Belongs within: Limacoidei.

Fastosarion is a genus of large semi-slugs with a shell marked by fine radial ribs found in north-eastern Australia (Scott 1995).

Characters (from Scott 1995): Large to very large semi-slug. Dart sac absent. Vagina present. Spermatheca short. Epiphallus with sinuate flagellum at junction with vas deferens. Caecum near insertion of penial retractor muscle. Penis with pilaster, penis lining ornamented with ridges or papillae.

<==Fastosarion Iredale 1933 [incl. Vercularion Iredale 1933] S95
    |--*F. superba (Cox 1871) S95 (see below for synonymy)
    |--F. ameyi Stanisic in Stanisic, Shea et al. 2010 SS10
    |--F. aquavitae Scott 1995 S95
    |--F. aquila SC07
    |--F. brazieri (Cox 1873) SS10
    |--F. freycineti (Férussac 1821) (see below for synonymy) SS10
    |--F. griseola Stanisic in Stanisic, Shea et al. 2010 SS10
    |--F. helenkingae Scott 1995 S95
    |--F. paluma Stanisic in Stanisic, Shea et al. 2010 SS10
    |--F. papillosa Stanisic in Stanisic, Shea et al. 2010 SS10
    |--F. pustulosa Stanisic in Stanisic, Shea et al. 2010 SS10
    |--F. schelli Stanisic in Stanisic, Shea et al. 2010 SS10
    |--F. staffordorum Stanisic in Stanisic, Shea et al. 2010 SS10
    `--F. virens (Pfeiffer 1849) [incl. Vitrina strangei Pfeiffer 1850] SS10

Fastosarion freycineti (Férussac 1821) [incl. Vitrina (Helicolimax) australasia Blainville 1824, Helix (Vitrina) helicarion Voight 1834] SS10

*Fastosarion superba (Cox 1871) S95 [=Vitrina superba S95, Helicarion (Fastosarion) superba S95; incl. H. bullaceus Odhner 1917 SS10]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[S95] Scott, B. 1995. Redescription of Fastosarion superba (Cox, 1871), with descriptions of two new species of Fastosarion from northern Queensland (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae). Molluscan Research 16: 69–80.

[SC07] Stanisic, J., R. A. D. Cameron, B. M. Pokryszko & J. C. Nekola. 2007. Forest snail faunas from S. E. Queensland and N. E. New South Wales (Australia): patterns of local and regional richness and differentiation. Malacologia 49 (2): 445–462.

[SS10] Stanisic, J., M. Shea, D. Potter & O. Griffiths. 2010. Australian Land Snails vol. 1. A. field guide to eastern Australian species. Bioculture Press: Mauritius.