Pondoland cannibal snail
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.
Pondoland cannibal snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Natalina |
Species: | N. beyrichi |
Binomial name | |
Natalina beyrichi (Von Martens, 1890) | |
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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40083A10301382. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40083A10301382.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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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