Deroceras bakurianum

Deroceras bakurianum
Deroceras bakurianum
A 1912 drawing of a preserved specimen of Deroceras bakurianum from the original description by Heinrich Simroth.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Agriolimacidae
Genus: Deroceras
Species: D. bakurianum
Binomial name
Deroceras bakurianum
(Simroth, 1912)[1]
Synonyms

Agriolimax bakurianus Simroth, 1912

Deroceras bakurianum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.

Its specific name is after its type locality, which is in Bakuriani.

Distribution

The species occurs in the Caucasus: Georgia and other areas.

The type locality is Bakuriani in the Borjomi district, in Georgia.[1]

Ecology

This species lives in forests.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Simroth H. 1912. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna. St. Petersburg (Russia). Description of Deroceras bakurianum is at page 40.
  2. ^ Species summary for Deroceras bakurianum. AnimalBase. Retrieved 23 February 2009.


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