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.

Purcell's hunter slug
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Rhytidoidea
Family:
Chlamydephoridae
Genus:
Chlamydephorus
Species:
C. purcelli
Binomial name
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
  1. Herbert D. G. (2000). Chlamydephorus purcelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.


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