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Glyphyalinia sculptilis (Bland, 1858)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Zonitidae |
| Genus | Glyphyalinia |
| Species | Glyphyalinia sculptilis (Bland, 1858) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from eight counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Shelby
- Georgia
- Bartow, Chattooga, Walker
- Kentucky
- Adair, Laurel, Pulaski
- Tennessee
- Grundy
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Virginia
- SU Unrankable
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
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.
- 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 sculptilis (Bland, 1858). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1745. https://cavebiology.org/species/glyphyalinia-sculptilis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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