The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

HYDROBIIDAE

Phreatodrobia nugax (Pilsbry & Ferriss)

Domed Cavesnail

*ENDANGERED/IMPERILED or OF CONCERN

 

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Synonyms:  Horatia micra nugax (Pilsbry & Ferriss)
                                           (Murray & Roy 1968; Longley 1975; Fullington 1978)
                   Horatia nugax (Pilsbry & Ferris)
                                           (Pilsbry & Ferris 1906 in Burch 1982;Burch & Tottenham 1980;
Burch 1989; Pennak 1989)

As Subspecies:
 
                   P. nugax inclinata (Hershler & Longley)
                                             (Longley 1986; Ourso & Hornig 2000; NatureServe 2008)
                    P. nugax nugax (Pilsbry & Ferris)
                                              (Longley 1986; Ourso & Hornig 2000; NatureServe 2008)

 

 

Distribution Citations

1906 Pilsbry & Ferris in
         Burch 1982

[1968 Murray & Roy]

1975 Longley
[1978 Fullington]

1980 Burch & Tottenham
1986 Longley
1989 Burch
[1989 Pennak]

 

[2000 Ourso & Hornig]
[2003 TCDC]
[2008 NatureServe]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-Endemic to Texas (TCDC 2003)

*Species of concern (AOBIS 2001); Threatened (TCDC 2003)

-troglobitic in the Edwards Aquifer (Ourso & Hornig 2000)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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