Carinate Slitmouth
Stenotrema spinosum (I. Lea, 1831)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Polygyridae |
| Genus | Stenotrema |
| Species | Stenotrema spinosum (I. Lea, 1831) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Lauderdale
- Tennessee
- Franklin, Grundy
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- SU Unrankable
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
How to cite this account
Stenotrema spinosum (I. Lea, 1831). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2965. https://cavebiology.org/species/stenotrema-spinosum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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