Deroceras bakurianum

Deroceras bakurianum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.

Deroceras bakurianum
A 1912 drawing of a preserved specimen of Deroceras bakurianum from the original description by Heinrich Simroth.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Limacoidea
Family:
Agriolimacidae
Genus:
Deroceras
Species:
D. bakurianum
Binomial name
Deroceras bakurianum
(Simroth, 1912)[1]
Synonyms

Agriolimax bakurianus Simroth, 1912

Its specific name is after its type locality, which is in Bakuriani.

Distribution

The species occurs in the Caucasus: Georgia and other areas.

The type locality is Bakuriani in the Borjomi district, in Georgia.[1]

Ecology

This species lives in forests.[2]

References
  1. Simroth H. 1912. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna. St. Petersburg (Russia). Description of Deroceras bakurianum is at page 40.
  2. Species summary for Deroceras bakurianum. Agriolimax bakurianus lives primarily in the undergrowth of the forest floor. AnimalBase. Retrieved 23 February 2009.


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