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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaHydrobiidaeAntrorbis

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Antrorbis breweri Hershler & Thompson, 1990

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Hydrobiidae
Genus Antrorbis
Species Antrorbis breweri Hershler & Thompson, 1990

Synonyms

Antrobia breweri Hershler & F.G. Thompson, 1990 [orth. error]

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
1.5-1.7 (diameter) mm

Distribution

Type locality

Manitou Cave, DeKalb Co. AL

Range

Known from Alabama in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

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

Karst regions

Appalachians

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
COI mitochondrial 1 658-658 bp MN366029.1

1 sequence, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 1 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 860429 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype
135984-Mollusca · Florida Museum of Natural History
Paratype
USNM 860430 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 6
Florida Museum of Natural History 1

7 cataloged lots in 2 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

VU Vulnerable B1+2c

EXEWCRENVU▲NTLC

Assessed in 2000.

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 16 October 2008.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
F4MK
GBIF
2300133
ITIS
567236
iNaturalist
213819
NCBI Taxonomy
2697103

How to cite this account

Antrorbis breweri Hershler & Thompson, 1990. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1393. https://cavebiology.org/species/antrorbis-breweri/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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