Purcell's hunter slug

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Taxobox

| name = Purcell's hunter slug

| image =

| status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Herbert, D.G. |date=2000 |title=Chlamydephorus purcelli |volume=2000 |page=e.T40088A10303320 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40088A10303320.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

| superfamilia = Rhytidoidea

| familia = Chlamydephoridae

| genus = Chlamydephorus

| species = C. purcelli

| binomial = Chlamydephorus purcelli

| binomial_authority = (Collinge, 1901)

| synonyms =

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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