Hunyadiscus saurini is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Plectopylidae. [2]
| Hunyadiscus saurini | |
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| Shell of Hunyadiscus saurini (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Plectopylidae |
| Genus: | Hunyadiscus |
| Species: | H. saurini
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| Hunyadiscus saurini Páll-Gergely, 2016[1]
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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
editThe distribution of Hunyadiscus saurini includes Laos.[1]
The type locality is "Laos, Pa Hia (Ancienne province Tran Ninh)".[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.
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