Flat-spired Three-toothed Snail - Distribution

Distribution

Coordinates: 39°39′00″N 79°50′00″W / 39.65°N 79.8333333°W / 39.65; -79.8333333
Flat-spired three-toothed snail
Location map
Coordinates 39°39′00″N 79°50′00″W / 39.65°N 79.8333333°W / 39.65; -79.8333333
Map of West Virginia
The red dot is Coopers Rock State Forest,
where the snail Triodopsis platysayoides is found.

This species of snail is endemic to the United States.

The flat-spired three-toothed snail is found only in West Virginia, among Upper Connoquenessing sandstone outcroppings and boulders, in a restricted area along the rim of the Cheat River gorge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers this snail as threatened since 1978.

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