Gulella salpinx

Gulella salpinx
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Streptaxidae
Genus:	Gulella
Species:	G. salpinx
Binomial name
Gulella salpinx Herbert, 2002[2]

Gulella salpinx, common name Trumpet-mouthed hunter snail,^[3] is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

This species is endemic to Marble Delta, South Africa.^[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Ecology

Gulella salpinx is ovoviviparous.^[2]

References

1. Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Gulella salpinx". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44708A10937459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44708A10937459.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Herbert D. G. (2002). "Gulella salpinx sp. n., a new critical endangered holoendemic species from the limestone deposits of the Marble Delta, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae)". African Invertebrates 43: 125-138. abstract.
3. "Gulella salpinx" Archived 23 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ARKive, accessed 4 October 2010.