Species of gastropod
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D. retowskii
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Drilolestes retowskii
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- Pseudomilax retowskii Boettger, 1884
- Pseudomilax reibischi Simroth, 1901
- Pseudomilax ananowi Simroth, 1901
- Pseudomilax orientalis Simroth, 1912
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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]
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
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Lindholm W. A. (1925). "On a misapplied generic name for Caucasian slugs". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16(4): 167-168.
- ^ (in German) Boettger O. (1884). "Liste der von Herrn O. Retowski in Abchasien gesammelten Binnenmollusken". Berichte der Seckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1883/1884: 146-155.
- ^ a b c d "Species summary for Drilolestes retowskii". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Suvorov A. N. (2003). "A new species and genus of carnivorous slugs (Pulmonata Trigonochlamydidae) from West Transcaucasia". Ruthenica 13: 149-152. abstract.
