Organ cavesnail
Fontigens tartarea Hubtricht 1963
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Littorinimorpha |
| Family | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus | Fontigens |
| Species | Fontigens tartarea Hubtricht 1963 |
Synonyms
- Fontigens holsingeri Hubricht, 1976 (subjective synonym, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Organ Cave, Greenbrier Co. WV
Range
Known from 12 counties across three states in the Appalachians karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
Counties
- Maryland
- Garrett
- Virginia
- Bath, Highland
- West Virginia
- Barbour, Greenbrian, Greenbrier, Greenbrier Co, Monroe, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Tucker
Karst regions
Appalachians
Genetics
Molecular resources
| Marker | Molecule | Sequences | Length | Exemplar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COI | mitochondrial | 2 | 658-658 bp | MT425033.1 |
2 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.
Download all 2 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.
Specimens
Type material
- Holotype
- 170893 · Field Museum of Natural History
- Holotype
- 116917 · Field Museum of Natural History
- Paratype
- MO290087 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Paratype
- 46775 · Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- Paratype ×5
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Paratype
- USNM 673529 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 22 |
| Field Museum of Natural History | 16 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature | 1 |
| Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | 1 |
| Carnegie Museum of Natural History | 1 |
| Yale Peabody Museum | 1 |
42 cataloged lots in 6 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 42 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G2 Imperiled
Global rank last reviewed 15 December 2018.
Subnational ranks
- Virginia
- S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
References
- Gladstone, N.S., Niemiller, M.L., Hutchins, B., Schwartz, B., Czaja, A., Slay, M.E. & Whelan, N.V. 2022. Subterranean freshwater gastropod biodiversity and conservation in the United States and Mexico. Conservation Biology 36: e13722. doi:10.1111/cobi.13722
- Liu, H.-P., Schroeder, L., Berry, A. & Dillon, R.T. 2021. High levels of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence among isolated populations of Fontigens (Truncatelloidea: Emmericiidae) in eastern USA. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87: eyab026. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyab026
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
Spotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction. Accounts are compiled from many sources and corrections from people who know the group are the most useful email we get.