Boreolestes
Genus of molluscs
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Boreolestes is a genus of predatory air-breathing land slugs, shell-less pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
| Boreolestes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Trigonochlamydidae |
| Subfamily: | Trigonochlamydinae |
| Genus: | Boreolestes Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999[1] |
The generic name Boreolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".[2]
Species
There are two species within the genus Boreolestes and they include:
- Boreolestes likharevi Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999 - type species[3]
- Boreolestes sylvestris Kijashko in Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999[3]