Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
SuperOrdo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
SubOrdo: Helicina
InfraOrdo: Rhytidoidei
Superfamilia: Rhytidoidea
Familia: Rhytididae
Subfamilia: Chlamydephorinae
Genus: Natalina
Species (5): N. beyrichi – N. cafra – N. quekettiana – N. reenenensis – N. wesseliana
Name
Natalina Pilsbry, 1893
Synonyms
Aerope E. von Martens, 1860 (invalid: junior homonym of Aerope Desmarest, 1823 [Crustacea]; Natalina is a replacement name)
Helix (Aerope) E. von Martens, 1890
References
Herbert, D.G.; Moussalli, A. 2010: Revision of the larger cannibal snails (Natalina s. l.) of southern Africa - Natalina s. s., Afrorhytida and Capitina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rhytididae). African invertebrates 51(1): 1–132. DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0101 Reference page.
Moussalli, A.; Herbert, D.G.; Stuart-Fox, D. 2009: A phylogeny of the cannibal snails of southern Africa, genus Natalina sensu lato (Pulmonata: Rhytididae): assessing concordance between morphology and molecular data. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 52(1): 167–182. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.02.018 Reference page.
Links
Natalina (Rhytididae) in the World Register of Marine Species
Natalina is a genus of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.
Species
Species within the genus Natalina include:[1]
Natalina beyrichi (E. von Martens, 1890) (Pondoland cannibal snail)
Natalina cafra (A. Férussac, 1821)
Natalina quekettiana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)
Natalina reenenensis Connolly, 1939
Natalina wesseliana (Kobelt, 1876) (Tongaland cannibal snail)
References
Köhler, Frank (2021). "Natalina Pilsbry, 1893". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
Nomenclator Zoologicus info
Herbert, D.G. & Moussalli A. 2010. Revision of the larger cannibal snails (Natalina s. l.) of southern Africa - Natalina s. s., Afrorhytida and Capitina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rhytididae). African Invertebrates 51 (1): 1-132. [2]
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