Khostalestes

Khostalestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Trigonochlamydidae
Subfamily: Trigonochlamydinae
Genus: Khostalestes
Suvorov, 2003
Species:
K. kochetkovi
Binomial name
Khostalestes kochetkovi
Suvorov, 2003

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

Khostalestes kochetkovi is the only species in the genus Khostalestes.

The generic name Khostalestes is composed of the name of the settlement of Khosta, which is its type locality, along with the suffix -lestes, which means "robber".

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