Selenochlamys pallida

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
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
Synonyms[2]

Selenochlamys plumbea Simroth, 1912

Selenochlamys pallida is the type species of the genus Selenochlamys.

Distribution

The distribution of Selenochlamys pallida includes:

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. (in 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Species summary for Selenochlamys pallida". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.


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