The Tumbling Creek cavesnail, Antrobia culveri, is a species of freshwater cave snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.
Antrobia culveri is the only species in the genus Antrobia. This is an endangered species.
The common name refers to Tumbling Creek Cave, a National Natural Landmark, in Taney County, Missouri, USA.
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