Deroceras bakurianum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.
| Deroceras bakurianum | |
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| A 1912 drawing of a preserved specimen of Deroceras bakurianum from the original description by Heinrich Simroth. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Agriolimacidae |
| Genus: | Deroceras |
| Species: | D. bakurianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Deroceras bakurianum | |
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Agriolimax bakurianus Simroth, 1912 | |
Its specific name is after its type locality, which is in Bakuriani.
Distribution
editThe species occurs in the Caucasus: Georgia and other areas.
The type locality is Bakuriani in the Borjomi district, in Georgia.[1]
Ecology
editThis species lives in forests.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Simroth, H. (1912). "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna". Izvěstiya Kavkazskago Muzeya—Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums. 6 (1): 1–140.
- ^ Species summary for Deroceras bakurianum. Agriolimax bakurianus lives primarily in the undergrowth of the forest floor. AnimalBase. Retrieved 23 February 2009.