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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraPhilomycidaePhilomycus

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

G1G2G3G4G5▲

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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