Pondoland cannibal snail

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Pondoland cannibal snail

Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
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[]

  1. ^ 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. [1]


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