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Manitou Cavesnail
Antrorbis breweri
Antrorbis breweri, common name Manitou cavesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.
The specific name breweri is in honor of Dr. Stephen Brewer, the owner of Manitou Cave.
From the article Antrorbis breweri on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shape of the shell is discoidal. The shell has 2.5-3.0 whorls. The width of the shell is 1.53-1.79 mm. The height of the shell is 0.80-0.98 mm. The length of the whole animal is 2.7-3.0 mm.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States, and it is known only from its type locality. The type locality is Manitou Cave, Little Wills Valley, Coosa River Basin, Fort Payne, Alabama.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Antrorbis breweri lives in cool stream in Manitou Cave. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 213819.