Tongaland cannibal snail
| Tongaland cannibal snail | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | N. wesseliana
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| Natalina wesseliana Kobelt, 1876
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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.
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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40084A10301576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40084A10301576.en. Retrieved 17 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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