Chlamydephorus purcelli

Chlamydephorus purcelli
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Chlamydephorus
Species:	C. purcelli
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901)

Chlamydephorus purcelli, or Purcell's hunter slug, 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.