The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

HYDROBIIDAE

Balconorbis uvaldensis Hershler & Longley

Balcones Ghostsnail

*IMPERILED or of CONCERN

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Distribution Citations

1986 Longley

1993 Kabat & Hershler
[1998 Peck]

[2000 Ourso & Hornig]
[2001 AOBIS]
2004 Perez Clark Lydeard
[2008 Nature Serve]

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

notes:

*Texas animal of concern; Critically imperiled (AOBOS 2001 & Nature Serve 2008)

-troglobitic; restricted to caves (Peck 1998), known only from a few springs of the Edward's Aquifer in Uvalde Co (Perez, Clark & Lydeard 2004)

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                          2010

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