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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraZonitidaeGlyphyalinia

Blind Glyph
Glyphyalinia pecki Hubricht, 1966

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Zonitidae
Genus Glyphyalinia
Species Glyphyalinia pecki Hubricht, 1966

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Crystal (= McClunney) Cave, Jefferson 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

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
147045 · Field Museum of Natural History
Paratype ×2
Field Museum of Natural History
Paratype
221303 · University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Field Museum of Natural History 4
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 1

5 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 5 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

DD Data Deficient

EXEWCRENVUNTLC

Assessed in 1996.

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 15 May 2008.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7RFQL
GBIF
2295374
ITIS
77156
iNaturalist
101512

How to cite this account

Glyphyalinia pecki Hubricht, 1966. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1409. https://cavebiology.org/species/glyphyalinia-pecki/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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