Boreolestes
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Boreolestes is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of predatory air-breathing land slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

The generic name Boreolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".

Species

There are two species within the genus Boreolestes and they include:
  • Boreolestes likharevi
    Boreolestes likharevi
    Boreolestes likharevi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trigonochlamydidae.Boreolestes likharevi is the type species of the genus Boreolestes....

    Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999 - type species
  • Boreolestes sylvestris
    Boreolestes sylvestris
    Boreolestes sylvestris is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trigonochlamydidae.-Distribution:...

    Kijashko in Schileyko & Kijashko, 1999
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