Sicradiscus mansuyi
Sicradiscus mansuyi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Sicradiscus |
| Species: | S. mansuyi |
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| Sicradiscus mansuyi | |
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Plectopylis mansuyi Gude, 1908 | |
Distribution
The distribution of Sicradiscus mansuyi includes Cao Bằng Province and Hà Giang Province in Northeast Vietnam.[2] It was also found in Ban Gioc–Detian Falls very close to the Vietnamese border within Daxin County, Guangxi, China.[2]
The type locality is Hạ Lang in the eastern part of Cao Bằng Province, in the Northeast region of Vietnam.[1][2]
Description
The width of the shell is 6.7–7.0 mm. The height of the shell is 3.4–3.9 mm.[2]
Ecology
It is a ground-dwelling species as all other plectopylid snails in Vietnam.[2]
It co-occur with other plectopylids in Vietnam: with Gudeodiscus cyrtochilus, Gudeodiscus giardi and with Gudeodiscus suprafilaris.[2] Gudeodiscus phlyarius live at geographically close sites to Sicradiscus mansuyi.[2]
References
- Gude G. K. (1908). "Observation on a number of Plectopylis collected in Tonkin by M. Mansuy with description of four new species". Journal de Conchyliologie 55: 345-357, pages 348–351, figures 2a–e, plate 7, figures 1–3.
- 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.