Deroceras bakurianum
Deroceras bakurianum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.
| Deroceras bakurianum | |
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| A 1912 drawing of a preserved specimen of Deroceras bakurianum from the original description by Heinrich Simroth. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Agriolimacidae |
| Genus: | Deroceras |
| Species: | D. bakurianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Deroceras bakurianum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agriolimax bakurianus Simroth, 1912 | |
Its specific name is after its type locality, which is in Bakuriani.
Distribution
The species occurs in the Caucasus: Georgia and other areas.
The type locality is Bakuriani in the Borjomi district, in Georgia.[1]
Ecology
This species lives in forests.[2]
References
- Simroth, H. (1912). "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna". Izvěstiya Kavkazskago Muzeya—Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums. 6 (1): 1–140.
- Species summary for Deroceras bakurianum. Agriolimax bakurianus lives primarily in the undergrowth of the forest floor. AnimalBase. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
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