Domed Disc
Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1832)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Discidae |
| Genus | Discus |
| Species | Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1832) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 11 counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Blount, Jackson, Lauderdale, Madison
- Kentucky
- Pulaski
- Tennessee
- DeKalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Warren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N2 Imperiled
Subnational ranks
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- SU Unrankable
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S3 Vulnerable
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S2 Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Hubricht, L. 1964. Land snails from the caves of Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. National Speleological Society Bulletin 26: 33–36.
- 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.
How to cite this account
Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1832). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2391. https://cavebiology.org/species/discus-patulus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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