Minute Gem
Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Pristilomatidae |
| Genus | Hawaiia |
| Species | Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from six counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee
Counties
- Georgia
- Dade
- Illinois
- Monroe
- Missouri
- Perry
- Tennessee
- Franklin, Grundy, White
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Manitoba
- S2 Imperiled
- Saskatchewan
- SU Unrankable
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- California
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- District of Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- South Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- New Mexico
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- NN
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- NJ
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Utah
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Hawaii
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arizona
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- DE
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S3 Vulnerable
- ME
- SNR Unranked
- NE
- SX Presumed Extirpated
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
- 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. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- 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
Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2508. https://cavebiology.org/species/hawaiia-minuscula/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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