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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophora

Family Discidae
Thiele, 1931 (1866) · Discs and Tigersnails

Species in this portal
7
Ecological class
All trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky and Tennessee
Counties
16
Conservation
1 of 5 ranked G1 or G2

Genera

  • Anguispira 2 in portal
  • Discus 5 in portal

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Anguispira alternata (Say, 1817) Trogloxene AL, FL, TN
Anguispira mordax (Shuttleworth, 1852) Appalachian Tigersnail Trogloxene G4 KY, TN
Discus catskillensis (Pilsbry, 1898) Angular Disc Trogloxene G5
Discus macclintocki (F. C. Baker, 1928) Iowa Pleistocene Snail Trogloxene G1 LC IA
Discus nigrimontanus (Pilsbry, 1924) Black Mountain Disc Trogloxene G4 TN
Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1832) Domed Disc Trogloxene G5 AL, KY, TN
Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) Forest Disc Trogloxene

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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