Trigonochlamys imitatrix

Trigonochlamys imitatrix is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

Trigonochlamys imitatrix
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:
Trigonochlamys

Species:
T. imitatrix
Binomial name
Trigonochlamys imitatrix
Synonyms[3]
  • Pseudomilax lederi O. Boettger, 1881
  • Trigonochlamys semiplumbeus O. Boettger, 1886
  • Trigonochlamys boettgeri Retowski, 1889[4]
  • Trigonochlamys minor Simroth, 1901
  • Phrixolestes adshricus Simroth, 1901
  • Phrixolestes ponticus Simroth, 1901[5]
  • Trigonochlamys pontica Simroth, 1912
  • Trigonochlamys armeniaca Simroth, 1912
  • Trigonochlamys distans Simroth, 1912

Trigonochlamys imitatrix is the only species in the genus Trigonochlamys. Trigonochlamys is the type genus of the family Trigonochlamydidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Trigonochlamys imitatrix includes:

The type locality is Kutaisi, Georgia.[1]

Description

The size of preserved specimens is 33–62 mm.[6] Live individuals are larger.[6]

Ecology

Trigonochlamys imitatrix inhabits forests.[3]

References
  1. (in German) Boettger O. (1881). "Diagnoses molluscorum novorum Transcaucasiae, Armeniae et Persiae". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13(9): 117-129. page 120.
  2. (in German) Boettger O. (1881). "Sechtes Verzeichnis transcaucasischer, armenischer und nordpersischer Mollusken". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13(8): 167-261. pages 177-178, plate 7, fig. 5a-c.
  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.
  4. (in German) Retowski O. (1889). "Liste der von mir auf meiner Reise von Konstantinopel nach Batum gesammelten Binnenmollusken". Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1889: 225-265. Frankfurt am Main.
  5. (in German) Simroth H. (1901). "Die Nacktschnecken des Russischen Reiches". pp. I-XI, 1-321, Taf. 1-26, Karten 1-10. St. Petersburg.
  6. "Species summary for Trigonochlamys imitatrix". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.
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