Hunyadiscus saurini
Species of gastropod
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Hunyadiscus saurini is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Plectopylidae.[2]
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| Hunyadiscus saurini | |
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| Shell of Hunyadiscus saurini (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Plectopylidae |
| Genus: | Hunyadiscus |
| Species: | H. saurini |
| Binomial name | |
| 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]
