Spiral Mountain Glyph
Glyphyalinia carolinensis (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1890)

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Stylommatophora
Family	Zonitidae
Genus	Glyphyalinia
Species	Glyphyalinia carolinensis (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1890)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Trogloxene
Realm: Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from four counties in Tennessee.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

Tennessee: Cumberland, Franklin, Grundy, Van Buren

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

National ranks

United States: N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

Virginia: S3 Vulnerable
Alabama: SNR Unranked
North Carolina: S4 Apparently Secure
Tennessee: S3 Vulnerable
Kentucky: S1 Critically Imperiled

Ranks looked up 2 July 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.

References

Lewis, J.J. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.

How to cite this account

Glyphyalinia carolinensis (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1890). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1737. https://cavebiology.org/species/glyphyalinia-carolinensis/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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