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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraHelicodiscidaeLucilla

Singley's Subterranean Discus Snail
Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Helicodiscidae
Genus Lucilla
Species Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from eight counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois, Tennessee

Counties

Illinois
Monroe
Tennessee
Coffee, Cumberland, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie, Warren

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
NU
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Ontario
SU Unrankable
West Virginia
S2 Imperiled
NE
SX Presumed Extirpated
Alabama
SX Presumed Extirpated
Arkansas
SNR Unranked
Iowa
SNR Unranked
Texas
S4 Apparently Secure
Virginia
S3 Vulnerable
Illinois
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Kentucky
S2 Imperiled
DE
SNR Unranked
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
Pennsylvania
S4 Apparently Secure
Maryland
SNR Unranked
Kansas
SNR Unranked
Louisiana
SNR Unranked
NJ
S2 Imperiled
Michigan
SNR Unranked
New York
SNR Unranked
Wisconsin
SU Unrankable
Tennessee
SNA Not Applicable
Arizona
SNR Unranked
Ohio
SNR Unranked
South Dakota
SNR Unranked
California
SNA Not Applicable
New Mexico
SNR Unranked
Missouri
S1 Critically Imperiled

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.

How to cite this account

Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1813. https://cavebiology.org/species/lucilla-singleyana/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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