Changeable Mantleslug
Megapallifera mutabilis (Hubricht, 1951)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Philomycidae |
| Genus | Megapallifera |
| Species | Megapallifera mutabilis (Hubricht, 1951) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Larue
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N1 Critically Imperiled
Subnational ranks
- Delaware
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S3 Vulnerable
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S1 Critically Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Niemiller, M.L., Maxwell, E. & Higgs, J.P. 2024. A biological inventory of Sinking Spring Cave at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Larue County, Kentucky, USA. U.S. National Park Service, Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA. 21 pp.
How to cite this account
Megapallifera mutabilis (Hubricht, 1951). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2622. https://cavebiology.org/species/megapallifera-mutabilis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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