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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaCochliopidaePhreatodrobia

Phreatodrobia coronae Hershler, 1987

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Cochliopidae
Genus Phreatodrobia
Species Phreatodrobia coronae Hershler, 1987

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Satan Canyon, Slaughter Bend, Unnamed spring, Val Verde Co., TX

Range

Known from Texas in the Edwards Plateau and Balcones karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Edwards Plateau and Balcones

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 859219 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype
USNM 859154 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 9

9 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 9 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

DD Data Deficient

EXEWCRENVUNTLC

Assessed in 2012.

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 2002.

Subnational ranks

Texas
S2 Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
6VCG9
GBIF
2299968
ITIS
568088
iNaturalist
1645783

How to cite this account

Phreatodrobia coronae Hershler, 1987. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1381. https://cavebiology.org/species/phreatodrobia-coronae/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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