Bright Glyph
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi (Bland, 1883)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Zonitidae |
| Genus | Glyphyalinia |
| Species | Glyphyalinia wheatleyi (Bland, 1883) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Georgia, Tennessee
Counties
- Georgia
- Floyd, Grady
- Tennessee
- Fentress, Franklin
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- NNR
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Missouri
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- District of Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- NJ
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- SU Unrankable
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Connecticut
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- DE
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- S2 Imperiled
- North Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
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.
- 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 wheatleyi (Bland, 1883). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1746. https://cavebiology.org/species/glyphyalinia-wheatleyi/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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