Boreolestes Explained

Boreolestes is a genus of predatory air-breathing land slugs, shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

The generic name Boreolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".^[1]

Species

There are two species within the genus Boreolestes and they include:

• Boreolestes likharevi Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999 - type species^[2]
• Boreolestes sylvestris Kijashko in Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999^[2]

Notes and References

1. Suvorov A. N. (2003). "A new species and genus of carnivorous slugs (Pulmonata Trigonochlamydidae) from West Transcaucasia". Ruthenica 13: 149-152. abstract.
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.