Khostalestes kochetkovi

Khostalestes kochetkovi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.[1][2]

Khostalestes kochetkovi
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:
Khostalestes

Suvorov, 2003[1]
Species:
K. kochetkovi
Binomial name
Khostalestes kochetkovi
Suvorov, 2003[1]

Khostalestes kochetkovi is the only species in the genus Khostalestes.

The generic name Khostalestes is composed of the name of the settlement of Khosta, which is its type locality, along with the suffix -lestes, which means "robber".[1]

Distribution

The known distribution of Khostalestes kochetkovi includes only its type locality.

The type locality of Khostalestes kochetkovi is the wood near the settlement of Khosta in the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, Northwestern Caucasus.[2]

Description

The tail of the slug is pointed and has a keel.[1] The mantle covers the first one third of the body.[1] The pneumostome is in the posterior part of the mantle.[1]

Ecology

Khostalestes kochetkovi inhabits deciduous subtropical forest[1] with yew and with box trees[2] and can be found under stones.[1]

References
  1. Suvorov A. N. (2003). "A new species and genus of carnivorous slugs (Pulmonata Trigonochlamydidae) from West Transcaucasia". Ruthenica 13: 149-152. abstract.
  2. 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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