Gudeodiscus francoisi

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

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)

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]

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References
  1. 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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