Drilolestes retowskii is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
Drilolestes retowskii is the only species in the genus Drilolestes.
The generic name Drilolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".[1]
The distribution of Drilolestes retowskii includes northern Turkey (Vilayet Zonguldak) and Georgia in the Caucasus region,[2] specifically on the Psyrtzkha River in Abkhazia, near the New Athos Cave.
The size of preserved specimens is 12–18 mm.[2] Live individuals are larger.[2]
Drilolestes retowskii inhabits forests and alpine zone.