Natalina

Natalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Rhytidoidea
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Natalina Pilsbry, 1893

Natalina is a genus of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.

Species

Species within the genus Natalina include:

Pondoland cannibal snail, Natalina beyrichi
Tongaland cannibal snail, Natalina wesseliana

References

Nomenclator Zoologicus info
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.

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