Selenochlamys pallida is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 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...

. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

Selenochlamys pallida is the type species

Type species

In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...

 of the genus Selenochlamys.

Distribution

The distribution of Selenochlamys pallida includes:

• western Georgia
• Abkhazia
• south of Maykop
  Maykop
  Maykop is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River . Population: -History:...
  
  , Russia
• northern Turkey (Vilayets Samsum, Çoruh)

The type locality is Kutaisi

Kutaisi

Kutaisi is Georgia's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi.-Geography:...

, Georgia.

Ecology

Selenochlamys pallida is found in Turkey. It lives under stones or in moss, in mountains that have deciduous forests.