Hunyadiscus saurini

Hunyadiscus saurini
Shell of Hunyadiscus saurini (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Plectopylidae
Genus:	Hunyadiscus
Species:	H. saurini
Binomial name
Hunyadiscus saurini Páll-Gergely, 2016[1]

Hunyadiscus saurini is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Plectopylidae. [2]

The specific name saurini is in honour of French geologist and malacologist Edmond Saurin (1904–1977), who collected type material.[1] Saurin's type material is as of 2016 the only known material of this species.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Hunyadiscus saurini includes Laos.[1]

The type locality is "Laos, Pa Hia (Ancienne province Tran Ninh)".[1]

References

1. Páll-Gergely B., Muratov I. V. & Asami T. (2016). "The family Plectopylidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Laos with the description of two new genera and a new species". ZooKeys 592: 1-26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.592.8118.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hunyadiscus saurini Páll-Gergely, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877679 on 2021-03-09

External links

• Páll-Gergely B., Muratov I.V. & Asami T. (2016). The family Plectopylidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Laos with the description of two new genera and a new species. ZooKeys. 592: 1-26.
• Páll-Gergely, B. (2018). Systematic revision of the Plectopylinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. (455): 1–114
• Inkhavilay, K., Sutcharit, C., Bantaowong, U., Chanabun, R., Siriwut, W., Srisonchai, R., Pholyotha, A., Jirapatrasilp, P. & Panha, S. (2019). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 834: 1–166.