Natalina

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Natalina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Subfamily: Chlamydephorinae
Genus: Natalina
Pilsbry, 1893
Type species
Helix cafra

Natalina is a genus of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.

Species

Species within the genus Natalina include: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Köhler, Frank (2021). "Natalina Pilsbry, 1893". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 12 June 2022.