Drilolestes retowskii

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
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 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. "Species summary for Drilolestes retowskii". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.
  4. 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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