Trigonochlamys imitatrix

Trigonochlamys imitatrix
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:	Trigonochlamys; O. Boettger, 1881
Species:	T. imitatrix
Binomial name
	Trigonochlamys imitatrix; O. Boettger, 1881
Synonyms
	Pseudomilax lederi O. Boettger, 1881; Trigonochlamys semiplumbeus O. Boettger, 1886; Trigonochlamys boettgeri Retowski, 1889; Trigonochlamys minor Simroth, 1901; Phrixolestes adshricus Simroth, 1901; Phrixolestes ponticus Simroth, 1901; Trigonochlamys pontica Simroth, 1912; Trigonochlamys armeniaca Simroth, 1912; Trigonochlamys distans Simroth, 1912;

Trigonochlamys imitatrix is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

Trigonochlamys imitatrix is the only species in the genus Trigonochlamys. Trigonochlamys is the type genus of the family Trigonochlamydidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Trigonochlamys imitatrix includes:

The size of preserved specimens is 33–62 mm.^[6] Live individuals are larger.^[6]

Trigonochlamys imitatrix inhabits forests.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (in German) Boettger O. (1881). "Diagnoses molluscorum novorum Transcaucasiae, Armeniae et Persiae". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13(9): 117-129. page 120.
^ (in German) Boettger O. (1881). "Sechtes Verzeichnis transcaucasischer, armenischer und nordpersischer Mollusken". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13(8): 167-261. pages 177-178, plate 7, fig. 5a-c.
^ (in German) Retowski O. (1889). "Liste der von mir auf meiner Reise von Konstantinopel nach Batum gesammelten Binnenmollusken". Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1889: 225-265. Frankfurt am Main.
^ (in German) Simroth H. (1901). "Die Nacktschnecken des Russischen Reiches". pp. I-XI, 1-321, Taf. 1-26, Karten 1-10. St. Petersburg.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Species summary for Trigonochlamys imitatrix". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.