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Burnup's hunter slug

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Species of gastropod

Burnup's hunter slug
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Chlamydephoridae
Genus: Chlamydephorus
Species: C. burnupi
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus burnupi
(Smith, 1892)

Burnup's hunter slug (Chlamydephorus burnupi), also known as the camel huntingslug is a species of land slug in the family Chlamydephoridae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from the foothills of central Natal Drakensberg to Port St. Johns.

Description

It is orange to reddish-brown and around 8 cm when extended. It has distinct scalloped keels along the side of its body with a flattened lower dorsal side, in the center of which is the respiratory opening. The body has a hump two-thirds of the way down.

Habitat and Ecology

It is found under stones or logs in leaf-litter in mist-belt Podocarpus forest. It is known to prey on pill-millipedes, possibly by introducing a toxin that immobilizes them. Snails and earthworms may also be part of its diet.

Conservation

In June 2000, the species was listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, citing fragmented populations and decline of habitat.

References

  1. ^ Herbert, D.G. (2000). "Chlamydephorus burnupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40086A10301993. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40086A10301993.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Camel Huntingslug iNaturalist". Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  3. ^ Herbert, David. "The terrestrial slugs of KwaZulu-Natal: diversity, biogeography and conservation (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 38: 197–239. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. Herbert, David. "Dining on diplopods: Remarkable feeding behaviour in chlamydephorid slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Journal of Zoology. 251. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00586.x. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Chlamydephorus burnupi
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