Hyrcanolestes

Hyrcanolestes velitaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Parmacelloidea
Family:	Trigonochlamydidae
Subfamily:	Trigonochlamydinae
Genus:	Hyrcanolestes; Simroth, 1901
Species:	H. velitaris
Binomial name
	Hyrcanolestes velitaris; (Martens, 1880)
Synonyms
	Parmacella velitaris Martens, 1880; Pseudomilax bicolor O. Boettger, 1881; Hyrcanolestes valentini Simroth, 1901; Hyrcanolestes armeniacus Simroth, 1910; Hyrcanolestes kaznakovi Simroth, 1912; Hyrcanolestes varius Simroth, 1912; Hyrcanolestes obscurus Simroth, 1912; Hyrcanolestes fursovi Simroth, 1912; Hyrcanolestes declivis Simroth, 1912; Chrysalidomilax sphingiformis Simroth, 1912;

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.^[3]

The generic name Hyrcanolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".^[4]

Distribution[edit]

The distribution of Hyrcanolestes velitaris includes:

The type locality of Hyrcanolestes velitaris is Gorgan, northern Iran.^[3]

Hyrcanolestes velitaris inhabits forests.^[3]

^ Simroth H. (1901). Die Nacktschnecken des Russischen Reiches. St.-Petersburg. 321 p.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.
^ Suvorov A. N. (2003). "A new species and genus of carnivorous slugs (Pulmonata Trigonochlamydidae) from West Transcaucasia". Ruthenica 13: 149-152. abstract.