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Selenochlamys pallida

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Species of gastropod

Selenochlamys pallida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Selenochlamys
Species: S. pallida
Binomial name
Selenochlamys pallida
O. Boettger, 1883
Synonyms

Selenochlamys plumbea Simroth, 1912

Selenochlamys pallida is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae.

Selenochlamys pallida is the type species of the genus Selenochlamys.

Distribution

The distribution of Selenochlamys pallida includes:

The type locality is Kutaisi, Georgia.

Description

The size of preserved specimens is 13–18 mm. Live individuals are larger.

Ecology

Selenochlamys pallida is found in Turkey. It lives under stones or in moss, in mountains that have deciduous forests.

References

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  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.
Taxon identifiers
Selenochlamys pallida


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