Tongaland cannibal snail
The Tongaland cannibal snail, scientific name Natalina wesseliana, is a species of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snail, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
| Tongaland cannibal snail | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | N. wesseliana |
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| Natalina wesseliana Kobelt, 1876 | |
This species is endemic to South Africa and is named after the natural region of Tongaland. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Herbert D. G. (2000). Natalina wesseliana. 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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