''Gudeodiscus emigrans'' is a species of air-breathing

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mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.

Subspecies

* '' Gudeodiscus emigrans emigrans'' (Möllendorff, 1901) * '' Gudeodiscus emigrans quadrilamellatus'' Páll-Gergely, 2013Páll-Gergely B. & Hunyadi A. (2013). "The family Plectopylidae Möllendorff 1898 in China (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 142(1): 1-66. . * ''Gudeodiscus emigrans otanii'' Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2013

Distribution

The distribution of ''Gudeodiscus emigrans'' was described from " Mẫu Sơn Mountains" within Lạng Sơn Province, Vietnam.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. . It also occur in Bắc Kạn Province, Tuyên Quang Province, and in Tam Đảo between

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and Vĩnh Phúc Province.

Ecology

It is a ground-dwelling species as all other plectopylid snails in Vietnam. ''Gudeodiscus emigrans quadrilamellatus'' co-occur with other plectopylids in Vietnam: with ''

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'' live at geographically close sites to ''Gudeodiscus emigrans quadrilamellatus''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q28432475 Plectopylidae Gastropods described in 1901