Gudeodiscus hemmeni

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

Gudeodiscus hemmeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Plectopyloidea
Family:
Plectopylidae
Genus:
Gudeodiscus
Subgenus:
Gudeodiscus?[1]
Species:
G. hemmeni
Binomial name
Gudeodiscus hemmeni
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2015[1]

The specific name hemmeni is in honor of malacologist Jens Hemmen (1944–2012). Holotype is stored in Hungarian Natural History Museum, paratypes are stored in collections of András Hunyadi and Barna Páll-Gergely.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Gudeodiscus hemmeni includes south-eastern Sơn La Province, Vietnam.[1] The type locality is "Sơn La Province, Hà Nội 156 km towards Mộc Châu, left side of the road nr. 6, rocky wall, 1110 m, 20°45.993′N 104°53.868′E".[1]

Description

The width of the shell is 9.5–10.1 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 4.3–5.2 mm.[1]

Ecology

It is a ground-dwelling species as all other plectopylid snails in Vietnam.[1] Gudeodiscus hemmeni lives sympatrically with Gudeodiscus messageri raheemi.[1]

References
  1. 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.


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