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Tongaland cannibal snail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Rhytididae

Scientific name
  
Natalina wesseliana

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Rhytidoidea

Genus
  
Natalina

Rank
  
Species

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The Tongaland cannibal snail, scientific name Natalina wesseliana, is a species of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snail, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

This species is endemic to South Africa and is named after the natural region of Tongaland. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Tongaland cannibal snail Wikipedia