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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraGastrodontidaeZonitoides

Dull Gloss
Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Gastrodontidae
Genus Zonitoides
Species Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840)

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
Edmonson

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

National ranks

United States
N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

New York
SNR Unranked
Missouri
S1 Critically Imperiled
Illinois
S3 Vulnerable
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Michigan
SNR Unranked
Iowa
SU Unrankable
ME
SNR Unranked
Minnesota
S3 Vulnerable
Kentucky
S3 Vulnerable
Wisconsin
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
  • Giovannoli, L. 1933. Invertebrate life of Mammoth and other neighboring caves. In: Bailey, V. (ed), Cave Life of Kentucky, pp. 600–623.

How to cite this account

Zonitoides limatulus (A. Binney, 1840). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3065. https://cavebiology.org/species/zonitoides-limatulus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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