Drilolestes retowskii | |
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Genus: | Drilolestes |
Species: | D. retowskii
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Drilolestes retowskii (
O. Boettger, 1884)
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Drilolestes retowskii is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
Drilolestes retowskii is the only species in the genus Drilolestes.
The generic name Drilolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber". [5]
The distribution of Drilolestes retowskii includes northern Turkey ( Vilayet Zonguldak) and Georgia in the Caucasus region, [3] specifically on the Psyrtzkha River in Abkhazia, near the New Athos Cave.
The size of preserved specimens is 12–18 mm. [3] Live individuals are larger. [3]
Drilolestes retowskii inhabits forests and alpine zone. [4]
Drilolestes retowskii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Drilolestes |
Species: | D. retowskii
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Binomial name | |
Drilolestes retowskii (
O. Boettger, 1884)
[2]
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Synonyms [3] [4] | |
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Drilolestes retowskii is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
Drilolestes retowskii is the only species in the genus Drilolestes.
The generic name Drilolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber". [5]
The distribution of Drilolestes retowskii includes northern Turkey ( Vilayet Zonguldak) and Georgia in the Caucasus region, [3] specifically on the Psyrtzkha River in Abkhazia, near the New Athos Cave.
The size of preserved specimens is 12–18 mm. [3] Live individuals are larger. [3]
Drilolestes retowskii inhabits forests and alpine zone. [4]