Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Purcell's Hunter Slug, Purcells Hunter Slug
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Rhytidoidea
()
- Pilsbry, 1893
- Family:
Chlamydephoridae
()
- Cockerell, 1935 (1903)
- Genus:
Chlamydephorus
()
- Binney, 1879
- Specific name:
purcelli
- (Collinge, 1901)
- Scientific name: - Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901)
- Specific name:
purcelli
- (Collinge, 1901)
- Genus:
Chlamydephorus
(
- Family:
Chlamydephoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhytidoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Chlamydephorus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. burnupi (Burnup's Hunter Slug) · C. dimidius (Snake Skin Hunter Slug.) · C. purcelli (Purcell's Hunter Slug)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Herbert, D.G. 2000. Chlamydephorus purcelli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7140125
- IUCN ID: 199906
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026065
Footnotes
- Herbert, D.G. 2000. Chlamydephorus purcelli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
