Bottleneck Snaggletooth
Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Gastrocoptidae |
| Genus | Gastrocopta |
| Species | Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Kentucky
Counties
- Illinois
- Monroe, St. Clair
- Kentucky
- Monroe
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- NU
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Manitoba
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- S3 Vulnerable
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- DE
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- South Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S2 Imperiled
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- ND
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- District of Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- NE
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- ME
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- NJ
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
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., 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.
How to cite this account
Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2486. https://cavebiology.org/species/gastrocopta-contracta/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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