Lesticulus nocturnus
Species of gastropod
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Lesticulus nocturnus is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.[2]
| Lesticulus nocturnus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Trigonochlamydidae |
| Subfamily: | Trigonochlamydinae |
| Genus: | Lesticulus Schileyko, 1988[1] |
| Species: | L. nocturnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lesticulus nocturnus Schileyko, 1988[1] | |
L. nocturnus is the only species in the genus Lesticulus.
Distribution
The distribution of L. nocturnus includes only its type locality.
The type locality of L. nocturnus is the Oficho Cave near Kumistavi village, near Tzkhaltubo, western Georgia.[2]
Ecology
L. nocturnus inhabits the cave.[2]