Purcell's hunter slug

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Purcell's hunter slug
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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C. purcelli
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus purcelli
(Collinge, 1901)

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.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Table Mountain in South Africa. The survival of this slug is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Herbert, D.G. (2000). "Chlamydephorus purcelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40088A10303320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40088A10303320.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.