Temperate Coil
Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1962
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Helicodiscidae |
| Genus | Helicodiscus |
| Species | Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1962 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
- United States
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Prince Edward Island
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maine
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Connecticut
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Texas
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Indiana
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- New Hampshire
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- SU Unrankable
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
How to cite this account
Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1962. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1759. https://cavebiology.org/species/helicodiscus-shimeki/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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