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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraZonitidaeGlyphyalinia

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Glyphyalinia rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Zonitidae
Genus Glyphyalinia
Species Glyphyalinia rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglophile
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia, Tennessee

Counties

Georgia
Washington
Tennessee
Franklin

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N3 Vulnerable
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Ontario
S3 Vulnerable
Quebec
SNR Unranked
Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
NH
SNR Unranked
South Carolina
SNR Unranked
Ohio
SNR Unranked
ME
SNR Unranked
Wisconsin
SU Unrankable
West Virginia
S5 Secure
Tennessee
S3 Vulnerable
Kentucky
S2 Imperiled
Vermont
SNR Unranked
Michigan
SNR Unranked
Massachusetts
SNR Unranked
NJ
SU Unrankable
New York
SNR Unranked
DE
SNR Unranked
Maryland
SNR Unranked
Georgia
SNR Unranked
Connecticut
SNR Unranked
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Pennsylvania
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • 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., 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 rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1744. https://cavebiology.org/species/glyphyalinia-rhoadsi/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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