Hunyadiscus saurini
Hunyadiscus saurini is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Plectopylidae.
| Hunyadiscus saurini | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Hunyadiscus |
| Species: | H. saurini |
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| Hunyadiscus saurini Páll-Gergely, 2016[1] | |
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
The distribution of Hunyadiscus saurini includes Laos.[1]
The type locality is "Laos, Pa Hia (Ancienne province Tran Ninh)".[1]
References
- 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.
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