The Pondoland cannibal snail, scientific name Natalina beyrichi, is a species of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snail, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
| Pondoland cannibal snail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Natalina |
| Species: | N. beyrichi
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| Binomial name | |
| Natalina beyrichi (Von Martens, 1890)
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This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is called "cannibal" because it preys on other snails.
References
edit- ^ Herbert, D.G. (2000). "Natalina beyrichi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40083A10301382. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40083A10301382.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Further reading
edit- 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]
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