Drilolestes retowskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
Superfamily:
Parmacelloidea
Family:
Trigonochlamydidae
Subfamily:
Trigonochlamydinae
Genus:
Drilolestes

Species:
D. retowskii
Binomial name
Drilolestes retowskii
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Pseudomilax retowskii Boettger, 1884
  • Pseudomilax reibischi Simroth, 1901
  • Pseudomilax ananowi Simroth, 1901
  • Pseudomilax orientalis Simroth, 1912

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]

Distribution

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.

Description

The size of preserved specimens is 12–18 mm.[3] Live individuals are larger.[3]

Ecology

Drilolestes retowskii inhabits forests and alpine zone.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Lindholm W. A. (1925). "On a misapplied generic name for Caucasian slugs". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16(4): 167-168.
  2. ↑ (in German) Boettger O. (1884). "Liste der von Herrn O. Retowski in Abchasien gesammelten Binnenmollusken". Berichte der Seckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1883/1884: 146-155.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Species summary for Drilolestes retowskii". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.
  4. 1 2 Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V.(published online on December 22, 2009). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.
  5. ↑ Suvorov A. N. (2003). "A new species and genus of carnivorous slugs (Pulmonata Trigonochlamydidae) from West Transcaucasia". Ruthenica 13: 149-152. abstract.
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