Purcell's hunter slug

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Purcell's hunter slug
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Heterobranchia Order: Eupulmonata Suborder: Stylommatophora Infraorder: Sigmurethra Family: Rhytididae Genus: Chlamydephorus Species: C. purcelli
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901)

Purcell's hunter slug, Chlamydephorus purcelli, is an endangered species of air-breathing land slug a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rhytididae, but also sometimes placed in the family Chlamydephoridae.

(Note: Gastropod taxonomy has been actively in flux for more than half a century, and this is especially true currently, because of new research in molecular phylogeny. Because of all the on-going changes, different reliable sources can yield very different classifications.)

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to Table Mountain in South Africa.

[edit] Conservation status

The survival of this slug is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Herbert, D.G. 2000. Chlamydephorus purcelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 06 August 2007..