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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaHydrobiidaeAntrobia

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Antrobia culveri Hubricht, 1971

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Hydrobiidae
Genus Antrobia
Species Antrobia culveri Hubricht, 1971

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
2.7 (diameter) mm

Distribution

Type locality

Tumbling Creek Cave, Taney Co., MO

Range

Known from Missouri in the Ozarks karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Missouri

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Ozarks

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
164171 · Field Museum of Natural History
Paratype
MO332282 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Paratype ×4
Field Museum of Natural History

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Field Museum of Natural History 5
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 1

7 cataloged lots in 3 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 7 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

EN Endangered B1+2bc

EXEWCREN▲VUNTLC

Assessed in 1996.

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 27 October 2008.

Subnational ranks

Missouri
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act listed 2002

Federal: Endangered

Threats

  • Urbanization - Residential
  • Urbanization - Comm. & Industrial
  • Agriculture - Livestock
  • Invasive Species
  • Pollution -Sewage or Urban Wastewater
  • Pollution - Agricultural & Forestry
  • Climate Change - Precip

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
F3Y4
GBIF
2299949
ITIS
70671
iNaturalist
94229

How to cite this account

Antrobia culveri Hubricht, 1971. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1392. https://cavebiology.org/species/antrobia-culveri/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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