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Hyrcanolestes is a monotypic genus containing the single species Hyrcanolestes velitaris, a predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

The generic name Hyrcanolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".

Distribution

The distribution of Hyrcanolestes velitaris includes:

• Iran
• Lankaran Lowland, Azerbaijan
• Talysh Mountains
• Lesser Caucasus
• Greater Caucasus

The type locality of Hyrcanolestes velitaris is Gorgan, northern Iran.

Ecology

Hyrcanolestes velitaris inhabits forests.

References

1. Simroth H. (1901). Die Nacktschnecken des Russischen Reiches. St.-Petersburg. 321 p.
2. Martens E. v. (1880). "Aufzählung der von. Dr. Alexander Brandt in Russisch-Armenien gesammelten Mollusken". Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 26: 142-158.
3. ^ 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. Archived 2018-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
4. Suvorov A. N. (2003). "A new species and genus of carnivorous slugs (Pulmonata Trigonochlamydidae) from West Transcaucasia". Ruthenica 13: 149-152. abstract Archived 2020-07-13 at the Wayback Machine.

• Trigonochlamydidae
• Gastropods described in 1880
• Monotypic gastropod genera