Lesticulus nocturnus
| Lesticulus nocturnus | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Lesticulus Schileyko, 1988[1] |
| Species: | L. nocturnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lesticulus nocturnus Schileyko, 1988[1] | |
Lesticulus nocturnus is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.[2]
Lesticulus nocturnus is the only species in the genus Lesticulus.
Distribution
The distribution of Lesticulus nocturnus includes only its type locality.
The type locality of Lesticulus nocturnus is the Oficho Cave near Kumistavi village, near Tzkhaltubo, western Georgia.[2]
Ecology
Lesticulus nocturnus inhabits the cave.[2]
References
- 1 2 (Russian) Шилейко А. А. [Schileyko A. A.] (1988). "Два новых троглобион тных вида наземных легочных моллюсков (Daudebardiidae и Trigonochlamydidae) Гру зии." [Two new troglobiont species of terrestrial pulmonate molluscs (Daudebardiidae and Trigonochlamydidae) from Georgia". Зоологический журнал [Zoologicheskij Zhurnal] 67(11): 1730-1735.
- 1 2 3 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.
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