Deroceras bakurianum

Deroceras bakurianum
A 1912 drawing of a preserved specimen of Deroceras bakurianum from the original description by Heinrich Simroth.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Agriolimacidae
Genus: Deroceras
Species:
D. bakurianum
Binomial name
Deroceras bakurianum
(Simroth, 1912)[1]
Synonyms

Agriolimax bakurianus Simroth, 1912

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

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. ^ a b Simroth, H. (1912). "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna". Izvěstiya Kavkazskago Muzeya—Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums. 6 (1): 1–140.
  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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