Carolina Mantleslug
Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Philomycidae |
| Genus | Philomycus |
| Species | Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Florida.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida
Counties
- Florida
- Alachua
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N1 Critically Imperiled
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- S2 Imperiled
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- ME
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- SU Unrankable
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- NJ
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Morris, T. & Butt, P.L. 1992. A survey of the population of the Florida cave shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi), other species, and the condition of the environment within the Squirrel Chimney Cave system, Alachua County, Florida. Report prepared for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 10 pp.
How to cite this account
Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2810. https://cavebiology.org/species/philomycus-carolinianus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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