Throaty Dome
Ventridens gularis (Say, 1821)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus | Ventridens |
| Species | Ventridens gularis (Say, 1821) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from six counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison
- Georgia
- Walker
- Kentucky
- Pulaski
- Tennessee
- Grundy, Pickett, Warren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
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.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Ventridens gularis (Say, 1821). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3048. https://cavebiology.org/species/ventridens-gularis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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