- Snake skin hunter slug
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Snake skin hunter slug Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Rhytidoidea Family: Chlamydephoridae Genus: Chlamydephorus Species: C. dimidius Binomial name Chlamydephorus dimidius
(Watson, 1915)The snake skin hunter slug, scientific name Chlamydephorus dimidius, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chlamydephoridae.
The survival of this species is threatened by habitat loss.
Distribution
This species is endemic to South Africa. The natural habitat for this slug is temperate forests.
References
- ^ Herbert, D.G. (2000). Chlamydephorus dimidius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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