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.

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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.