Gudeodiscus francoisi
Gudeodiscus francoisi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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| Subgenus: | Gudeodiscus?[1] |
| Species: | G. francoisi |
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| Gudeodiscus francoisi (Fischer, 1898)[2] | |
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| Plectopylis Françoisi Fischer, 1898 | |
This species was described by French zoologist Pierre Marie Henri Fischer (1865-1916) (son of Paul-Henri Fischer) in 1898.
Distribution edit
The distribution of Gudeodiscus francoisi includes Vietnam.[1]
Ecology edit
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 edit
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ Fischer H. (1898). "Description d’une espéce nouvelle de Plectopylis". Journal de Conchyliologie 46: 214–218, figures 1, 3–4.