Sicradiscus mansuyi

Sicradiscus mansuyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Plectopylidae
Genus:	Sicradiscus
Species:	S. mansuyi
Binomial name
Sicradiscus mansuyi (Gude, 1908)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Plectopylis mansuyi Gude, 1908

Sicradiscus mansuyi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Plectopylidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Sicradiscus mansuyi includes Cao Bằng Province and Hà Giang Province in Northeast Vietnam.[2] It was also found in Ban Gioc–Detian Falls very close to the Vietnamese border within Daxin County, Guangxi, China.[2]

The type locality is Hạ Lang in the eastern part of Cao Bằng Province, in the Northeast region of Vietnam.[1][2]

Description

The width of the shell is 6.7–7.0 mm. The height of the shell is 3.4–3.9 mm.[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 cyrtochilus, Gudeodiscus giardi and with Gudeodiscus suprafilaris.[2] Gudeodiscus phlyarius live at geographically close sites to Sicradiscus mansuyi.[2]

References

1. Gude G. K. (1908). "Observation on a number of Plectopylis collected in Tonkin by M. Mansuy with description of four new species". Journal de Conchyliologie 55: 345-357, pages 348–351, figures 2a–e, plate 7, figures 1–3.
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.