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'''''Chlamydephorus sexangulus''''', also known as the '''hexagonal hunterslug''', is a species of predatory slug in the family ] endemic to the ]<nowiki/>s in South Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Herbert |first=D. G. |date=1997-11-01 |title=The terrestrial slugs of KwaZulu-Natal: diversity, biogeography and conservation (Mollusca: Pulmonata) |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_174 |journal=Annals of the Natal Museum |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=197–239 |doi=10.10520/AJA03040798_174}}</ref> '''''Chlamydephorus sexangulus''''', also known as the '''hexagonal hunterslug''', is a species of predatory slug in the family ]. <ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|1058391|''Chlamydephorus sexangulus''(H.Watson, 1915)|17 December 2024}}</ref>
==Distribution==
It is ] to the ]<nowiki/>s in South Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Herbert |first=D. G. |date=1997-11-01 |title=The terrestrial slugs of KwaZulu-Natal: diversity, biogeography and conservation (Mollusca: Pulmonata) |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_174 |journal=Annals of the Natal Museum |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=197–239 |doi=10.10520/AJA03040798_174}}</ref>


== Habitat and range == == Habitat and range ==

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Predatory slug endemic to KZN, South Africa

Chlamydephorus sexangulus
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Apera sexangula H. Watson, 1915 superseded combination

Chlamydephorus sexangulus, also known as the hexagonal hunterslug, is a species of predatory slug in the family Rhytididae.


Distribution

It is 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. Chlamydephorus sexangulus(H.Watson, 1915). 17 December 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. 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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