Smooth Bladetooth
Patera laevior (Pilsbry, 1940)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Polygyridae |
| Genus | Patera |
| Species | Patera laevior (Pilsbry, 1940) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Kentucky
- Pulaski
- Tennessee
- Grundy, Van Buren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- North Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- 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.
How to cite this account
Patera laevior (Pilsbry, 1940). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2781. https://cavebiology.org/species/patera-laevior/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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