Carved Glyph
Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1822)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Zonitidae |
| Genus | Glyphyalinia |
| Species | Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1822) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 17 counties across five states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
Counties
- Alabama
- Calhoun, Colbert, Conecuh, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Madison
- Georgia
- Walker
- Kentucky
- Metcalfe, Pulaski
- Tennessee
- Dickson, Fentress, Marion, Overton, Perry, Warren
- Virginia
- Lee
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- NU
Subnational ranks
- Maine
- SNR Unranked
- New Jersey
- SU Unrankable
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Arizona
- SNR Unranked
- New Mexico
- SNR Unranked
- District of Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Navajo Nation
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Utah
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nebraska
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S3 Vulnerable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Godwin, J.C. 2008. Biological inventory of the cave and karst systems of The Nature Conservancy's Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 40 pp.
- Hubricht, L. 1964. Land snails from the caves of Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. National Speleological Society Bulletin 26: 33–36.
- Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Trumbore, L.E., Reynolds, R.J., Thomas, S.C., Orndorff, W., Cramphorn, B., Gladstone, N.S., Harden, C.W., Lewis, J.J., Milne, M.A., Ober, K.A., Shear, W.A., Stephen, C.D.R. & Zigler, K.S. 2024. Cave biodiversity of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 86: 13–24. doi:10.4311/2022LSC0116
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1822). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1739. https://cavebiology.org/species/glyphyalinia-indentata/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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