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Purcell's hunter slug

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Chlamydephoridae

Scientific name
  
Chlamydephorus purcelli

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Rhytidoidea

Genus
  
Chlamydephorus

Rank
  
Species

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.

References

Purcell's hunter slug Wikipedia