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Carychium nannodes G. H. Clapp, 1905
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Basommatophora |
| Family | Carychiidae |
| Genus | Carychium |
| Species | Carychium nannodes G. H. Clapp, 1905 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Tennessee
Counties
- Illinois
- Monroe
- Tennessee
- Blount, Fentress, Van Buren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N2 Imperiled
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S2 Imperiled
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S3 Vulnerable
- North Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Pennsylvania
- S1 Critically Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
- 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.
- Reeves, W.K. 2000. Invertebrate cavernicoles of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 116: 334–343. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24335885.
How to cite this account
Carychium nannodes G. H. Clapp, 1905. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1564. https://cavebiology.org/species/carychium-nannodes/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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