Gulella salpinx
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | G. salpinx
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| Gulella salpinx Herbert, 2002[2]
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Gulella salpinx, common name Trumpet-mouthed hunter snail,[3] is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
This species is endemic to , South Africa.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ecology[]
Gulella salpinx is ovoviviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Gulella salpinx". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44708A10937459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44708A10937459.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Herbert D. G. (2002). "Gulella salpinx sp. n., a new critical endangered holoendemic species from the limestone deposits of the Marble Delta, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae)". African Invertebrates 43: 125-138. abstract.
- ^ "Gulella salpinx" Archived 23 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ARKive, accessed 4 October 2010.
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