Boreolestes sylvestris 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...

, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

Distribution

The type locality for Boreolestes sylvestris is 6 km from Ghooseriple at the Molchepa riverside in North-Western Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

, Republic of Adygea, Russia.

The distribution of Boreolestes sylvestris includes the upper part of the Belaya River

Belaya River (Kuban)

Belaya is a river in the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai of Russia. It is a tributary of the Kuban River, which it joins in the Krasnodar Reservoir). The river is 273 km long, with a drainage basin of 5,990 km². It has its sources at the main watershed of the Caucasus Mountains...

basin.