Biology:Natalina

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Natalina
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.389021 - Natalina cafra (Férussac, 1821) - Rhytididae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Subfamily: Chlamydephorinae
Genus: Natalina
Pilsbry, 1893 [1]
Type species
Helix cafra
A. Férussac, 1821[1]

Natalina is a genus of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.

Species

Species within the genus Natalina include:[1]

  • Natalina beyrichi (E. von Martens, 1890) (Pondoland cannibal snail)
  • Natalina cafra (A. Férussac, 1821)
  • Natalina quekettiana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)
  • Natalina reenenensis Connolly, 1939
  • Natalina wesseliana (Kobelt, 1876) (Tongaland cannibal snail)

References

  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info
  • 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. [2]

Wikidata ☰ Q4249048 entry