Purcell's hunter slug
| Purcell's hunter slug | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
| Family: | Chlamydephoridae |
| Genus: | Chlamydephorus |
| Species: | C. purcelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901) | |
Purcell's hunter slug, scientific name Chlamydephorus purcelli, is an endangered species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chlamydephoridae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Table Mountain in South Africa. The survival of this slug is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Herbert D. G. (2000). Chlamydephorus purcelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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