Gudeodiscus dautzenbergi

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

Gudeodiscus dautzenbergi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Gudeodiscus
Species:
G. dautzenbergi
Binomial name
Gudeodiscus dautzenbergi
(Gude, 1901)
Synonyms[1]

Plectopylis Dautzenbergi Gude, 1901
Plectopylis persimilis Gude, 1901
Gudeodiscus persimilis (Gude, 1901)

Etymology

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The specific name is in honour of Belgian malacologist Philippe Dautzenberg.

Distribution

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The distribution of Gudeodiscus dautzenbergi includes Vietnam.[1]

Ecology

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It is a ground-dwelling species as all other plectopylid snails in Vietnam.[1]

Gudeodiscus phlyarius live at geographically close sites to Gudeodiscus dautzenbergi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.