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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraGastrodontidaeVentridens

Perforate Dome
Ventridens demissus (A. Binney, 1843)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Gastrodontidae
Genus Ventridens
Species Ventridens demissus (A. Binney, 1843)

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

Florida, Tennessee

Counties

Florida
Jackson
Tennessee
Cumberland, Grundy

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Georgia
SNR Unranked
Missouri
SU Unrankable
Alabama
SNR Unranked
Mississippi
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Tennessee
S4 Apparently Secure
Texas
SNR Unranked
Florida
SNR Unranked
Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
North Carolina
SU Unrankable
Arkansas
SNR Unranked
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
Maryland
SNR Unranked
Louisiana
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
  • 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

Ventridens demissus (A. Binney, 1843). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3047. https://cavebiology.org/species/ventridens-demissus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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