''Trigonochlamys imitatrix'' is a

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air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family

Trigonochlamydidae Trigonochlamydidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Distribution The native distribution of Trigonochla ...

. ''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: *

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* north-eastern

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( Vilayet Çoruh) The type locality is Kutaisi, Georgia.

Description

The size of preserved specimens is 33–62 mm. Live individuals are larger."Species summary for ''Trigonochlamys imitatrix''"

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Ecology

''Trigonochlamys imitatrix'' inhabits forests.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7841811 Trigonochlamydidae