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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraPolygyridaeTriodopsis

Glossy Threetooth
Triodopsis complanata (Pilsbry, 1898)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Polygyridae
Genus Triodopsis
Species Triodopsis complanata (Pilsbry, 1898)

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
Fentress, Overton

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2 Imperiled

G1G2▲G3G4G5

National ranks

United States
N2 Imperiled

Subnational ranks

Tennessee
S2 Imperiled
Kentucky
S2 Imperiled

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

Triodopsis complanata (Pilsbry, 1898). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3021. https://cavebiology.org/species/triodopsis-complanata/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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