Thin Glyph
Glyphyalinia cryptomphala (G. H. Clapp, 1915)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Zonitidae |
| Genus | Glyphyalinia |
| Species | Glyphyalinia cryptomphala (G. H. Clapp, 1915) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from seven counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Blount
- Georgia
- Chattooga, Dade
- Kentucky
- Warren
- Tennessee
- DeKalb, Smith, Warren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Indiana
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- North Carolina
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Missouri
- SU Unrankable
- Kentucky
- S2 Imperiled
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Hubricht, L. 1964. Land snails from the caves of Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. National Speleological Society Bulletin 26: 33–36.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Glyphyalinia cryptomphala (G. H. Clapp, 1915). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1738. https://cavebiology.org/species/glyphyalinia-cryptomphala/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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