page_title: Gudeodiscus messageri
section_title: Gudeodiscus messageri raheemi
hierarchical_section_title: Gudeodiscus messageri / Description / Gudeodiscus messageri raheemi
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of apical view of a shell of Gudeodiscus messageri raheemi. Scale bar is 20 mm. Locality: 11L06, Laos, Luang Prabang Province, ca. 18 km SE of Muang Xiang Ngeun, on the left side of Nam Khan, limestone, black soil in limestone pockets, clay, under rocks and logs in old forest, 455 m a.s.l., 19°40.931'N, 102°19.743'E, leg. A. Abdou &amp; I.V. Muratov, 30.10.2006, MNHN 2012-27054/38 shells (some of them are broken/juvenile) + anatomically examined specimen.
context_page_description: Gudeodiscus messageri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.
context_section_description: The most important shell characters for identification of Gudeodiscus messageri raheemi include: body whorl is less shouldered than that of the nominotypical subspecies, but plicae have to be observed for correct identification.
  Views of the shell of Gudeodiscus messageri raheemi:
  The radula of Gudeodiscus messageri raheemi has 8 lateral teeth and 16 marginal teeth. The size of the central tooth is as large as or larger than the ectocone of the first lateral. The shape of the first lateral is rhomboid and pointed. Marginal teeth are tricuspid with rather sharp inner cusp and deep incision between the cusps.
  Embryos were recorded to be present in the uterus. There were not recorded calcareous granules on the internal surface of penis.
caption: Apical view.
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