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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaCochliopidaePhreatodrobia

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Phreatodrobia punctata Hershler & Longley, 1986

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Cochliopidae
Genus Phreatodrobia
Species Phreatodrobia punctata Hershler & Longley, 1986

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Pipe Spring, San Morcos Springs, Hays 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

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
COI mitochondrial 2 631-657 bp PP844668.1
28S nuclear 1 452-452 bp PP860060.1

3 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 3 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
MO359092 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Paratype
MO508799 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University 10
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 2

12 cataloged lots in 2 collections. 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 12 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2 Imperiled

G1G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 22 October 2003.

Subnational ranks

Texas
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
77CFW
GBIF
2299966
ITIS
70696
iNaturalist
227906
NCBI Taxonomy
3157476

How to cite this account

Phreatodrobia punctata Hershler & Longley, 1986. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1386. https://cavebiology.org/species/phreatodrobia-punctata/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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