Stenotrema edgarianum
| Stenotrema edgarianum | |
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| Sequatchie slitmouth shells collected in Bledsoe County, Tennessee | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Genus: | Stenotrema |
| Species: | S. edgarianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenotrema edgarianum (I. Lea, 1841)
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Stenotrema edgarianum, also known as the Sequatchie slitmouth, is a rare, range-restricted species of pulmonate land snail in the family Polygyridae.
Physical appearance
[edit]The Sequatchie slitmouth's shell is reddish-brown in color, irregularly striated, flat along the top, and convex below. The lip is thick with a narrow opening and a defined parietal tooth. The shell typically has 5 whorls.[1]
Ecology
[edit]The Sequatchie slitmouth is endemic to the Appalachian Mountains, specifically the Cumberland Plateau, where it can be found in Marion, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, and Cumberland Counties in southeastern Tennessee.[2] Due to its rarity, the species is listed as imperiled globally and at the Tennessee state level.[3]
This species is found on logs or in leaf litter along wooded hillsides.[4] They are rarely found in large numbers.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [fifty-seven new species]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(17): 30-34 [7 May 1841].
- ^ Hubricht, L. 1973. The land snails of Tennessee. Sterkiana, 49: 11-17.
- ^ "Stenotrema edgarianum". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ Dourson, D.C. 2010. Kentucky's land snails and their ecological communities. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, NC. 298 pp.
- ^ Hubricht, Leslie (1985). The distributions of the native land mollusks of the Eastern United States. Field Museum of Natural History. 40.