Selenochlamys pallida
Selenochlamys pallida | |
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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: | Selenochlamys |
Species: | S. pallida |
Binomial name | |
Selenochlamys pallida O. Boettger, 1883[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Selenochlamys plumbea Simroth, 1912 |
Selenochlamys pallida is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
Selenochlamys pallida is the type species of the genus Selenochlamys.
Distribution
The distribution of Selenochlamys pallida includes:
- Western Georgia[2]
- Abkhazia[2]
- South of Maykop, Russia[2]
- Northern Turkey (Vilayets Samsum, Çoruh)[3]
The type locality is Kutaisi, Georgia.[1][2][3]
Description
The size of preserved specimens is 13–18 mm.[3] Live individuals are larger.[3]
Ecology
Selenochlamys pallida is found in Turkey. It lives under stones or in moss, in mountains that have deciduous forests.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]
- 1 2 (German) Boettger O. (1883). "Siebentes Verzeichnis von Mollusken der Kaukasusländer, nach Sendungen des Hrn. Hans Leder, z. Z. in Helenendorf bei Elisabetpol (Transkaukasien)". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 10: 135-198, Taf. 4-7. Frankfurt am Main. page 142, plate 5, figure 1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Species summary for Selenochlamys pallida". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.
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