Gulella salpinx

Gulella salpinx, common name Trumpet-mouthed hunter snail,[3] is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

Gulella salpinx

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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G. salpinx
Binomial name
Gulella salpinx
Herbert, 2002[2]

This species is endemic to Marble Delta, South Africa.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Ecology

Gulella salpinx is ovoviviparous.[2]

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References

  1. Herbert D. G. (2004). Gulella salpinx. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Herbert D. G. (2002). "Gulella salpinx sp. n., a new critical endangered holoendemic species from the limestone deposits of the Marble Delta, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae)". African Invertebrates 43: 125-138. abstract.
  3. "Gulella salpinx" Archived 23 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ARKive, accessed 4 October 2010.


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