Hyrcanolestes is a monotypic genus containing the single species Hyrcanolestes velitaris, a predatory air-breathing land slug.
It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
[3] The generic name Hyrcanolestes contains the suffix -lestes, that means "robber".
[4] The distribution of Hyrcanolestes velitaris includes: The type locality of Hyrcanolestes velitaris is Gorgan, northern Iran.
[3] Hyrcanolestes velitaris inhabits forests.