Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.119251
Element CodeIMGAS17010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilyPupillidae
GenusPupilla
SynonymsPupilla blandiE.S. Morse, 1865
Other Common NamesRocky Mountain Column Snail (EN)
Concept ReferenceMorse, E. S. 1865. Descriptions of new species of Pupadae.Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, Volume VIII:207-212 [year of publication of the Annals is 1867]
Taxonomic CommentsOriginally described as P. blandii by Morse (1965). The use of the spelling "blandi" by Turgeon et al. (1998) appears to be a misspelling.
Conservation Status
Review Date2010-04-19
Change Date2010-04-19
Edition Date2010-04-19
Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.
Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 to >300
Rank ReasonsRange includes the American southwest centered upon much of New Mexico but also eastern Arizona, western Texas, south-central Colorado, and southwestern South Dakota (Nekola and Coles, 2010) with a questionable record from Alberta (Pilsbry, 1948).
Range Extent CommentsRange includes the American southwest centered upon much of New Mexico but also eastern Arizona, western Texas, south-central Colorado, and southwestern South Dakota (Nekola and Coles, 2010) with a questionable record from Alberta (Pilsbry, 1948).
Occurrences CommentsThis species seems to have been uniquely recorded from drift of the Red Deer River, east of Red Deer, in Alberta (Pilsbry, 1948; Leptizki, 2001) based on the original record in Taylor (1895). It was recently documented in 3 of 82 soil samples and 6 area spot searches of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in 2002 (Anderson, 2005).