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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraPolygyridaeNeohelix

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

G1G2G3G4G5▲

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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