Pondoland cannibal snail

The Pondoland cannibal snail, scientific name Natalina beyrichi, is a species of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snail, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Pondoland cannibal snail
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Natalina
Species:	N. beyrichi
Binomial name
Natalina beyrichi (Von Martens, 1890)

This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is called "cannibal" because it preys on other snails.