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Inflectarius inflectus

(Say, 1821)

Shagreen Snail

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.109964
Element CodeIMGAS95160
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilyPolygyridae
GenusInflectarius
Synonyms
Mesodon inflectus(Say, 1821)Polygyra inflecta
Other Common Names
Shagreen (EN)
Concept Reference
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.
Conservation Status
Review Date2009-12-02
Change Date2002-10-08
Edition Date2009-12-02
Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
It ranges from Texas and Kansas east to lower Michigan, North Carolina, and Florida.
Range Extent Comments
This species ranges across eastern North America. In Canada, it is known from southern Ontario. In the United States, it ranges from Michigan to New York, south to Oklahoma and Texas, and east to Florida.
Occurrences Comments
In 2006, this species was recorded in Monroe Co., Alabama, in a wooded bluff northwest of Claiborne (above the bank of the Alabama River) (Lee, 2006). Waggoner et al. (2006) found this species in 4 of 15 samples in surveys of the Sipsey Wilderness Area, Bankhead National Forest, northwest Alabama. It is a common species throughout Kentucky including recently in Land Between the Lakes in western Kentucky (Dourson and Feeman, 2006) and Schroeder (2008) documented this species from Nelson Co., Kentucky.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

From Dourson (2013): This is a common land snail of roadside ditches, railroad rights-of-way, grassy areas and shale banks of road cuts.
Terrestrial Habitats
Grassland/herbaceousOld fieldUrban/edificarian
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN1
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioS1Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
OklahomaSNRYes
KentuckyS5Yes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
North CarolinaS5Yes
MississippiSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
TexasS3Yes
OhioSNRYes
LouisianaSNRYes
West VirginiaS2Yes
MarylandSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
WisconsinSXYes
MissouriSNRYes
VirginiaS3Yes
ArkansasS5Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
AlabamaSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
Roadless Areas (1)
Tennessee (1)
AreaForestAcres
Stone MountainCherokee National Forest5,367
References (13)
  1. Dourson, D. and K. Feeman. 2006. A survey of terrestrial Mollusca in selected areas of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science, 67(1): 9-18.
  2. Dourson, D.C. 2010. Kentucky's land snails and their ecological communities. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, NC. 298 pp.
  3. Dourson, D.C. 2013. Land snails of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and southern Appalachians. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, NC. 336 pp.
  4. Dourson, D C. and West Virginia DNR. 2015. Land snails of West Virginia. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, North Carolina. 412 pp.
  5. Elliott, W. R. 2003. A guide to Missouri's cave life: 70 species brought to life. Missouri Department of Conservation. 37 pp.
  6. Emberton, K.C. 1991. The genitalic, allozymic and conchological evolution of the Tribe Mesodontini (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Polygyridae). Malacologia 33(1-2):71-178.
  7. Hubricht, L. 1985. The distribution of the native land mollusks of the eastern United States. Fieldiana: Zoology 24:1-191.
  8. Lee, H.G. 2006. Landsnails of Claiborne Bluff. American Conchologist, 34(3): 30-31.
  9. Robertson, I. and C. Blakeslee. 1948. The Mollusca of the Niagara Frontier region. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 19: 1-191.
  10. Schroeder, L. 2008. The reluctant explorer. American Conchologist, 36(2): 32-34.
  11. Steury, B. W. 2015. Land snails and slugs of Cove Point, Calvert County, Maryland. Online. Available: http://www.covepoint-trust.org/reports/Cove-Point-Land-Snails-and-Slugs.pdf
  12. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.
  13. Waggoner, J., S.A. Clark, K.E. Perez, and C. Lydeard. 2006. A survey of terrestrial gastropods of the Sipsey Wilderness (Bankead National Forest), Alabama. Southheastern Naturalist, 5(1): 57-68.