Gudeodiscus francoisi

Gudeodiscus francoisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Plectopyloidea
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Gudeodiscus
Subgenus: Gudeodiscus?[1]
Species: G. francoisi
Binomial name
Gudeodiscus francoisi
(Fischer, 1898)[2]
Synonyms[1]

Plectopylis Françoisi Fischer, 1898
Plectopylis francoisi Fischer, 1898
Plectopylis lepida Gude, 1900
Gudeodiscus lepidus (Gude, 1900)
Plectopylis Bavayi Gude, 1901
Gudeodiscus bavayi (Gude, 1901)

Gudeodiscus francoisi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.

This species was described by French zoologist Pierre Marie Henri Fischer (1865-1916) (son of Paul-Henri Fischer) in 1898.

Distribution

The distribution of Gudeodiscus francoisi includes Vietnam.[1]

Ecology

It is a ground-dwelling species as all other plectopylid snails in Vietnam.[1]

It co-occur with other plectopylids in Vietnam: with Gudeodiscus anceyi, Gudeodiscus giardi.[1] Gudeodiscus phlyarius and Gudeodiscus suprafilaris live at geographically close sites to Gudeodiscus francoisi.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Páll-Gergely B., Hunyadi A., Ablett J., Luong Van H., Naggs F. & Asami T. (2015). "Systematics of the family Plectopylidae in Vietnam with additional information on Chinese taxa (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora)". ZooKeys 473: 1–118. doi:10.3897/zookeys.473.8659.
  2. Fischer H. (1898). "Description d’une espéce nouvelle de Plectopylis". Journal de Conchyliologie 46: 214–218, figures 1, 3–4.

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