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Gudeodiscus francoisi

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Gudeodiscus francoisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Gudeodiscus
Species:
G. francoisi
Binomial name
Gudeodiscus francoisi
(Fischer, 1898)[1]
Synonyms[2]

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

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The distribution of Gudeodiscus francoisi includes Vietnam.[2]

Ecology

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It is a ground-dwelling species as all other plectopylid snails in Vietnam.[2]

It co-occur with other plectopylids in Vietnam: with Gudeodiscus anceyi, Gudeodiscus giardi.[2] Gudeodiscus phlyarius and Gudeodiscus suprafilaris live at geographically close sites to Gudeodiscus francoisi.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fischer H. (1898). "Description d’une espéce nouvelle de Plectopylis". Journal de Conchyliologie 46: 214–218, figures 1, 3–4.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.