Hunyadiscus saurini

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Hunyadiscus saurini
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Shell of Hunyadiscus saurini (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Hunyadiscus
Species:
H. saurini
Binomial name
Hunyadiscus saurini
Páll-Gergely, 2016 [1]

Hunyadiscus saurini is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Plectopylidae. [2]

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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

The distribution of Hunyadiscus saurini includes Laos. [1]

The type locality is "Laos, Pa Hia (Ancienne province Tran Ninh)". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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". ZooKeys592: 1-26. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.592.8118 .
  2. ↑ 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
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