Beautiful Grass Snail
Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Valloniidae |
| Genus | Vallonia |
| Species | Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Pulaski
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Yukon
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- S3 Vulnerable
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- British Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- ME
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- NJ
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- DE
- SNR Unranked
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- California
- SNA Not Applicable
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Connecticut
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- SNR Unranked
- South Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Carolina
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Idaho
- S3 Vulnerable
- Washington
- SNR Unranked
- NE
- SX Presumed Extirpated
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
How to cite this account
Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3044. https://cavebiology.org/species/vallonia-pulchella/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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