{{Short description|Species of gastropods}} {{speciesbox | image = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="IUCN 2006">{{cite iucn|author=Mollusc Specialist Group |year=2000 |title=''Antrobia breweri'' [sic] |article-number= e.T29626A9507148 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29626A9507148.en |access-date= 6 August 2007}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.107391 |title=''Antrorbis breweri'' |access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref> | taxon = Antrorbis breweri | authority = [[Robert Hershler|Hershler]] & F. G. Thompson, 1990<ref name="Hershler 1990">Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (1990). "''Antrorbis breweri'', a new genus and species of hydrobiid cavesnail (Gastropoda) from Coosa River Basin, northeastern Alabama". ''[[Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington]]'' '''103'''(l): 197-204. [http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/11322/1/iz_HershlerThompson1990.pdf PDF].</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Hershler 1990"/> | synonyms = * ''Horatia'' sp. <small>Hubricht, 1940</small><ref>Hubricht L. (1940). "A subterranean snail from an artesian well". ''[[The Nautilus (journal)|The Nautilis]]'' '''54'''(1): [https://archive.org/stream/nautilus54amer#page/34/mode/2up 34-35].</ref> * ''Horatia micra'' * ''Antrobia breweri'' <small>Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990</small> [orth. error on IUCN Red List] }}
'''''Antrorbis breweri''''', common name '''Manitou cavesnail''', is a [[species]] of [[freshwater snail]] with gills and an [[operculum (gastropod)|operculum]], an [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the family [[Lithoglyphidae]].<ref name="Hershler 1990"/>
The specific name ''breweri'' is in honor of Dr. Stephen Brewer, the owner of [[Manitou Cave]].<ref name="Hershler 1990"/>
== Distribution== This species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Alabama]] in the United States, and it is known only from its type locality.<ref name="IUCN 2006"/> The [[type locality (biology)|type locality]] is [[Manitou Cave]], [[Little Wills Valley]], [[Coosa River]] Basin, [[Fort Payne, Alabama]].<ref name="Hershler 1990"/>
== Description== The shape of the [[gastropod shell|shell]] is discoidal.<ref name="Hershler 1990"/> The shell has 2.5-3.0 [[whorl (mollusc)|whorls]].<ref name="Hershler 1990"/>
The width of the shell is 1.53-1.79 mm.<ref name="Hershler 1990"/> The height of the shell is 0.80-0.98 mm.<ref name="Hershler 1990"/>
The length of the whole animal is 2.7-3.0 mm.<ref name="Hershler 1990"/>
==Ecology== ''Antrorbis breweri'' lives in cool stream in Manitou Cave.<ref name="Hershler 1990"/> It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].<ref name="IUCN 2006"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3539 Species profile of Manitou cavesnail (''Antrorbis breweri'') at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service webpage]
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[[Category:Lithoglyphidae]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]] [[Category:Endemic molluscs of the United States]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Alabama]] [[Category:Cave snails]] [[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]] [[Category:Taxa named by Robert Hershler]] <!-- Antrorbis breweri -->