Pondoland cannibal snail
| Pondoland cannibal snail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | 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 snail, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is called "cannibal" because it preys on other snails.
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.
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