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]

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.