Gudeodiscus emigrans

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

Gudeodiscus emigrans
Gudeodiscus emigrans shell
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Gudeodiscus
Species:
G. emigrans
Binomial name
Gudeodiscus emigrans
Synonyms[2]

Plectopylis (Sinicola) emigrans Möllendorff, 1901

Subspecies
  • Gudeodiscus emigrans emigrans (Möllendorff, 1901)
  • Gudeodiscus emigrans quadrilamellatus Páll-Gergely, 2013[3]
  • Gudeodiscus emigrans otanii Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2013[3]

Distribution

The distribution of Gudeodiscus emigrans was described from "Mẫu Sơn Mountains" within Lạng Sơn Province, Vietnam.[2] It also occur in Bắc Kạn Province, Tuyên Quang Province, and in Tam Đảo between Thái Nguyên Province and Vĩnh Phúc Province.[2]

Ecology

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

Gudeodiscus emigrans quadrilamellatus co-occur with other plectopylids in Vietnam: with Gudeodiscus anceyi.[2] Gudeodiscus fischeri live at geographically close sites to Gudeodiscus emigrans quadrilamellatus.[2]

References
  1. (in German) Möllendorff O. von (1901). "Diagnosen neuer von H. Fruhstorfer in Tongking gesammelter Landschnecken". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 33(5–6): 65–81, 110–119. pages 75-76.
  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.
  3. Páll-Gergely B. & Hunyadi A. (2013). "The family Plectopylidae Möllendorff 1898 in China (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 142(1): 1-66. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/142/001-066.
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