| Troglolestes sokolovi | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Troglolestes Ljovushkin & Matiokin, 1965 |
| Species: | T. sokolovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Troglolestes sokolovi Liovushkin & Matiokin, 1965 | |
Troglolestes sokolovi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
Troglolestes sokolovi is the only species in the genus Troglolestes.
The generic name Troglolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".
Distribution
The distribution of Troglolestes sokolovi includes only its type locality.
The type locality of Troglolestes sokolovi is the Vorontzovskaya Cave near Sochi, Russia.
Ecology
Troglolestes sokolovi inhabits the cave. Animals inhabiting caves are called troglobites. It was discovered as the first species of troglobite slug in 1965.
References
- ^ (in Russian) Левушкин С. И. & Матекин П. В. (1965). "Biospeliologia Sovetica XXV. Troglolestes sokolovi gen. n., sp. n. – первый троглобионтный слизень. Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы, отдел биологический". . Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, otdel biologiya 70(3): 35-46.
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Troglolestes sokolovi | |
| Troglolestes | |