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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaCochliopidaePhreatodrobia

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Phreatodrobia nugax (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Cochliopidae
Genus Phreatodrobia
Species Phreatodrobia nugax (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)

Synonyms

Valvata micra nugax Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Spring along San Antonio R., Bexar Co., TX

Range

Known from Texas in the Edwards Plateau and Balcones karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Edwards Plateau and Balcones

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
COI mitochondrial 9 364-609 bp OR372110.1
28S nuclear 4 576-644 bp PP860051.1

13 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 13 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
MO359089 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Lectotype
MO77574 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Paratype
MO508796 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University 71
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 26
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 3
Florida Museum of Natural History 3

103 cataloged lots in 4 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 103 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

DD Data Deficient

EXEWCRENVUNTLC

Assessed in 2012.

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 25 March 2014.

Subnational ranks

Texas
S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
6VCFW
GBIF
2299961
ITIS
70698
iNaturalist
186931
NCBI Taxonomy
199896

How to cite this account

Phreatodrobia nugax (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1384. https://cavebiology.org/species/phreatodrobia-nugax/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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