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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophora

Family Helicodiscidae
Pilsbry, 1927 · Coil Snails

Species in this portal
12
Ecological class
7 troglophiles, 3 trogloxenes and 2 troglobionts
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee
Counties
50
Karst regions
Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Conservation
1 of 8 ranked G1 or G2

Genera

  • Helicodiscus 10 in portal
  • Lucilla 2 in portal

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Helicodiscus barri Hubricht, 1962 Raccoon coil Troglobiont G3G4 AL, GA, TN Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Helicodiscus fimbriatus Wetherby, 1881 Fringed Coil Trogloxene G4 AL
Helicodiscus hadenoecus Hubricht, 1962 Cricket Coil Troglophile AL, KY, TN
Helicodiscus inermis H. B. Baker, 1929 Troglophile AL
Helicodiscus multidens Hubricht, 1962 Twilight Coil Troglophile G3 TN
Helicodiscus notius Hubricht, 1962 Tight Coil Troglophile G5 AL, GA, IL, KY, MO, TN
Helicodiscus notius specus Hubricht, 1962 Hollow Coil Troglobiont G2 AL, GA, IL, KY, MO, TN Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1821) Compound Coil Troglophile G5 GA, TN
Helicodiscus punctatellus J. P. E. Morrison, 1942 Troglophile KY
Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1962 Temperate Coil Trogloxene G5
Lucilla inermis (H. B. Baker, 1929) Oldfield Coil Troglophile AL, GA, TN
Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889) Singley's Subterranean Discus Snail Trogloxene G5 IL, TN

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7NHSJ
GBIF
2628
ITIS
77353
iNaturalist
85812
NCBI Taxonomy
356134

Cave Biology Data Portal

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