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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraGastrodontidaeStriatura

Median Striate
Striatura meridionalis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Gastrodontidae
Genus Striatura
Species Striatura meridionalis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Tennessee.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

Tennessee
Franklin

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Maryland
SNR Unranked
Illinois
SNR Unranked
DE
SNR Unranked
South Carolina
SNR Unranked
Missouri
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
SNR Unranked
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Ohio
SNR Unranked
New Mexico
S5 Secure
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Colorado
SNR Unranked
Florida
SNR Unranked
Georgia
SNR Unranked
NJ
SNR Unranked
Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Texas
S5 Secure
Pennsylvania
S4 Apparently Secure
Mississippi
SNR Unranked
Louisiana
SNR Unranked
Kentucky
S5 Secure
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
Michigan
SNR Unranked
Arkansas
SNR Unranked
Alabama
SNR Unranked
NN
S5 Secure
Kansas
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.

How to cite this account

Striatura meridionalis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2970. https://cavebiology.org/species/striatura-meridionalis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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