Boreolestes likharevi
| Boreolestes likharevi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Trigonochlamydidae |
| Genus: | Boreolestes |
| Species: | B. likharevi |
| Binomial name | |
| Boreolestes likharevi | |
Boreolestes likharevi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
Boreolestes likharevi is the type species of the genus Boreolestes.[2]
The specific name likharevi is in honor of the Russian malacologist Ilya Mikhailovich Likharev.
Distribution
The type locality for Boreolestes likharevi is the west-facing slope of Mount Oshten, Oshten-Fisht Mountains, North-Western Caucasus,[2] Republic of Adygea, Russia.
References
- ↑ Schileyko A. A. & Kijashko P. V. (1999). "Boreolestes gen. nov., a new genus of carnivorous slugs from Western Caucasus, and some considerations on the phylogeny of Trigonochlamydidae (Pulmonata)". Ruthenica 9(1): 39-46.
- 1 2 Kantor, Yu I.; Vinarski, M. V.; Schileyko, A. A.; Sysoev, A. V. (December 22, 2009). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories" (PDF). Ruthenica. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018.