Trigonochlamys imitatrix

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
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[1]
Species:	T. imitatrix
Binomial name
Trigonochlamys imitatrix O. Boettger, 1881[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Pseudomilax lederi O. Boettger, 1881 Trigonochlamys semiplumbeus O. Boettger, 1886 Trigonochlamys boettgeri Retowski, 1889[4] Trigonochlamys minor Simroth, 1901 Phrixolestes adshricus Simroth, 1901 Phrixolestes ponticus Simroth, 1901[5] Trigonochlamys pontica Simroth, 1912 Trigonochlamys armeniaca Simroth, 1912 Trigonochlamys distans Simroth, 1912

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:

• Georgia^[6][3][1]
• Armenia^[3]
• Azerbaijan^[3]
• north-eastern Turkey (Vilayet Çoruh)^[6]

The type locality is Kutaisi, Georgia.^[1]

Description

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

Ecology

Trigonochlamys imitatrix inhabits forests.^[3]