Eastern Whitelip
Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Polygyridae |
| Genus | Neohelix |
| Species | Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N3 Vulnerable
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S2 Imperiled
- New Brunswick
- S3 Vulnerable
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- NH
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- RI
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Connecticut
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- NJ
- SNR Unranked
- DE
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- ME
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
How to cite this account
Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2706. https://cavebiology.org/species/neohelix-albolabris/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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