Drilolestes retowskii

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
Lindholm, 1925[1]
Species: D. retowskii
Binomial name
Drilolestes retowskii
(O. Boettger, 1884)[2]
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]

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Distribution

The distribution of Drilolestes retowskii includes northern Turkey (Vilayet Zonguldak) and Georgia in Caucasus.[3] The type locality is Georgia: Abkhasia, Psyrtzkha (= Pirsk) near 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. ^ (German) Boettger O. (1884). "Liste der von Herrn O. Retowski in Abchasien gesammelten Binnenmollusken". Berichte der Seckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1883/1884: 146-155.
  3. ^ a b c d "Species summary for Drilolestes retowskii". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b 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.