Purcell's hunter slug
Purcell's hunter slug, scientific name Chlamydephorus purcelli, is an endangered species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chlamydephoridae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | C. purcelli |
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| Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901) | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to Table Mountain in South Africa. The survival of this slug is threatened by habitat loss.
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References
- Herbert D. G. (2000). Chlamydephorus purcelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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