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Hexagonal hunterslug
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Chlamydephorus
Species: C. sexangulus
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus sexangulus
(H.Watson, 1915)
Synonyms

Apera sexangula

Predatory slug endemic to KZN, South Africa

Chlamydephorus sexangulus, also known as the hexagonal hunterslug, is a species of predatory slug in the family Rhytididae endemic to the KwaZulu-Natal coastal lowland forests in South Africa.

Habitat and range

Chlamydephorus sexangulus has been found under leaf litter and under large stone in coastal Podocarpus forests in KZN; it has also been found in thornveld.

Ecology

Chlamydephorus sexangulus is known to predate on species of Sphaerotherium such as Sphaerotherium giganteum.

References

  1. ^ Herbert, D. G. (1997-11-01). "The terrestrial slugs of KwaZulu-Natal: diversity, biogeography and conservation (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 38 (1): 197–239. doi:10.10520/AJA03040798_174.
  2. Herbert, D. G. (2000-05-01). "Dining on diplopods: remarkable feeding behaviour in chlamydephorid slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Journal of Zoology. 251 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00586.x. ISSN 0952-8369.
Taxon identifiers
Chlamydephorus sexangulus
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