- Pondoland cannibal snail
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Pondoland cannibal snail 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: Rhytididae Genus: Natalina Species: N. beyrichi Binomial name Natalina beyrichi
(Von Martens, 1890)The Pondoland cannibal snail, scientific name Natalina beyrichi, is a species of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.
This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Herbert D. G. (2000). Natalina beyrichi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
Further reading
- Herbert, D.G. & Moussalli A. 2010. Revision of the larger cannibal snails (Natalina s. l.) of southern Africa - Natalina s. s., Afrorhytida and Capitina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rhytididae). African Invertebrates 51 (1): 1-132. [1]
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