Troglolestes
Genus of predatory air-breathing land slugs
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Troglolestes sokolovi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.[2]
| Troglolestes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Trigonochlamydidae |
| Subfamily: | Trigonochlamydinae |
| Genus: | Troglolestes Ljovushkin & Matiokin, 1965[1] |
| Species: | T. sokolovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Troglolestes sokolovi Liovushkin & Matiokin, 1965[1] | |
Troglolestes sokolovi is the only species in the genus Troglolestes.
The generic name Troglolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".[3]
Distribution
The distribution of Troglolestes sokolovi includes only its type locality.
The type locality of Troglolestes sokolovi is the Vorontzovskaya Cave near Sochi, Russia.[2]
Ecology
Troglolestes sokolovi inhabits the cave.[2] Animals inhabiting caves are called troglobites. It was discovered as the first species of troglobite slug in 1965.[1]