Boreolestes likharevi
Boreolestes likharevi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Species: | B. likharevi |
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| Boreolestes likharevi Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999[1] | |
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.
- 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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