Gudeodiscus francoisi

Gudeodiscus francoisi
Scientific 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

The distribution of Gudeodiscus francoisi includes Vietnam.[2]

Ecology

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

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