Shagreen
Inflectarius inflectus (Say, 1821)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Polygyridae |
| Genus | Inflectarius |
| Species | Inflectarius inflectus (Say, 1821) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 11 counties across six states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson, Madison
- Florida
- Jackson
- Illinois
- Hardin, Monroe, St. Clair
- Kentucky
- Barren, Hart, Pulaski
- Missouri
- St. Genevieve
- Tennessee
- Franklin
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N1 Critically Imperiled
Subnational ranks
- Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Wisconsin
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S3 Vulnerable
- Ontario
- S1 Critically Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Cooper, J.E. 1975. Ecological and behavioral studies in Shelta Cave, Alabama, with emphasis on decapod crustaceans. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 364 pp.
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- 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., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
- Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2005. Inventory of the subterranean fauna of Tims Ford State Park, Franklin County, Tennessee. Tennesee Natural Heritage Program, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 28 pp.
- Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
How to cite this account
Inflectarius inflectus (Say, 1821). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2533. https://cavebiology.org/species/inflectarius-inflectus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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