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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraAchatinidaeSubulina

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Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Achatinidae
Genus Subulina
Species Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)

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

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNA

Subnational ranks

Florida
SNA Not Applicable
New York
SNA Not Applicable
Michigan
SNA Not Applicable
Virginia
SNA Not Applicable
District of Columbia
SNA Not Applicable
Hawaii
SNA Not Applicable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Peck, S.B. 1971. The invertebrate fauna of tropical American caves, part I: Chilibrillo Cave, Panama. Annales de Speleologie 26: 423–437.
  • Reeves, W.K. 1999. Exotic species in North American caves. Proceedings of the 1999 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium: 164–166.

How to cite this account

Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2975. https://cavebiology.org/species/subulina-octona/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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