Vitrinizonites latissimus

It is ubiquitous in the Great Smoky Mountains above 2000 feet, though not in great numbers; although some sites (e.g. Big Black Mountain in Kentucky) show high population numbers and greater viability. Threats are not known.

It is ubiquitous in the Great Smoky Mountains above 2000 feet, though not in great numbers (Pilsbry, 1946).

It occurs in one county in northern Alabama; one in northeastern Georgia, and throughout eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina as well as bordering Kentucky and Virginia (Hubricht, 1985). Pilsbry (1946) cites Tennessee (and along the North Carolina boundary) at Tusquita Bald Mt. (locality uncertain), in the Great Smoky Mountains near the summit of Thunderhead; Miry Ridge; Clingman Dome; Indian Pass at Newfound Gap northeast of Gatlinburg; Mt. Le Conte in Sevier Co.; the river in Paint Rock; Roan Mt. (both Tennessee and North Carolina); Washington Co.; and Limestone Co. in Unicoi Co.; and also cites North Carolian at Blockhouse Mt. south of Thunderhead and Stratten Bald in Swain Co.; Blowing Rock in Watauga Co.; Beef Market Mt. in Jackson Co.; Nantahala Gap; Frypan Gap near Big Pisgah Mt.; top fo Mt. Pisgah west of Ashville; Grandfather Mt. east of Roan Mt.; mountain near Waynesville in Haywood Co.; Mt. Mitchell, Bluff Mt., Tyson's, Wilson's and Meadow Cove and Bee tree Creek; Cranberry in Avery Co.; Nantahala Mountains between Franklin and Hayesville; Pinnacle of Blue Ridge; Banners Elk in Watauga Co.; and lastly in Alabama in the hills around Gurley, Madison Co.