Biology:Tongaland cannibal snail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Tongaland cannibal snail
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Heterobranchia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Stylommatophora
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Rhytididae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Natalina
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">N. wesseliana
Binomial name
Natalina wesseliana
Kobelt, 1876

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

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]

Wikidata ☰ Q4249078 entry