Poole, Karen E.
Natalina
Sign in to saveNatalina is a genus of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyRhytididae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 57
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Rhytididae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK, UF, UMZC, USNM, AUM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Natal, Uganda
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhytididae
- Image
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.389021 - Natalina cafra (Férussac, 1821) - Rhytididae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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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: Natalina beyrichi (E. von Martens, 1890) (Pondoland cannibal snail) Natalina cafra (A. Férussac, 1821) (Common cannibal snail) Natalina quekettiana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) (Mistbelt cannibal snail) Natalina reenenensis Connolly, 1939 Natalina wesseliana (Kobelt, 1876) (Maputo cannibal snail)
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