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Pondoland cannibal snail

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Pondoland cannibal snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Natalina
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

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  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

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  • 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]