Hunyadiscus saurini

Hunyadiscus saurini
Shell of Hunyadiscus saurini (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Hunyadiscus
Species:
H. saurini
Binomial name
Hunyadiscus saurini

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

The specific name saurini is in honour of French geologist and malacologist Edmond Saurin (1904–1977), who collected type material. Saurin's type material is as of 2016 the only known material of this species.

Distribution

The distribution of Hunyadiscus saurini includes Laos.

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

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". ZooKeys 592: 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