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Glyphyalinia specus Hubricht, 1965
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Zonitidae |
| Genus | Glyphyalinia |
| Species | Glyphyalinia specus Hubricht, 1965 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Beckton Cave, Barren Co. KY
Range
Known from 19 counties across five states across two karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson, Jackson Co, Jefferson, Madison
- Georgia
- Chattooga, Dade, Walker
- Kentucky
- Barren, Edmonson, Logan, Rockcastle, Warren
- Tennessee
- Bedford, Cannon, Grundy, Jackson, Sullivan, Van Buren
- West Virginia
- Monroe
Karst regions
Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Specimens
Type material
- Holotype
- 135315 · Field Museum of Natural History
- Paratype
- 240968 · Field Museum of Natural History
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Field Museum of Natural History | 27 |
| Carnegie Museum of Natural History | 1 |
28 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 28 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
Global rank last reviewed 8 December 2004.
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
- West Virginia
- SH Possibly Extirpated
Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
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
- Cooper, J.E. 1975. Ecological and behavioral studies in Shelta Cave, Alabama, with emphasis on decapod crustaceans. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 364 pp.
- Gladstone, N.S., Carter, E.T., McKinney, M.L. & Niemiller, M.L. 2018a. Status and distribution of the cave-obligate land snails in the Appalachians and Interior Low Plateau of the eastern United States. American Malacological Bulletin 36: 62–78.
- Hubricht, L. 1965. Four new land snails from the southeastern United States. The Nautilus 79: 4–7. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49559083. details
- Hubricht, L. 1973. The land snails of Tennessee. Sterkiana 49: 11–17.
- Niemiller, M.L., Fenolio, D.B. & Zigler, K.S. 2012b. The obligate cave fauna of Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Speleological Survey 2012: 6–12.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Zigler, K.S. 2013. Patterns of cave biodiversity and endemism in the Appalachians and Interior Plateau of Tennessee, USA. PLOS One 8: e64177. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064177
- Niemiller, M.L., Zigler, K.S., Hinkle, A., Stephen, C.D.R., Cramphorn, B., Higgs, J., Mann, N., Miller, B.T., Niemiller, K.D.K., Smallwood, K. & Hardy, J. 2023b. The Crystal-Wonder Cave System: a new hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in the southern Cumberland Plateau of south-central Tennessee, USA. Diversity 15: 801. doi:10.3390/d15070801
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- 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
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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