# Antrorbis breweri

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Species of gastropods

Antrorbis breweri Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Family: Lithoglyphidae Genus: Antrorbis Species: A. breweri Binomial name Antrorbis breweri Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990[3] Synonyms[3] Horatia sp. Hubricht, 1940[4] Horatia micra Antrobia breweri Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990 [orth. error on IUCN Red List]

***Antrorbis breweri***, common name **Manitou cavesnail**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [freshwater snail](/source/Freshwater_snail) with gills and an [operculum](/source/Operculum_(gastropod)), an [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Lithoglyphidae](/source/Lithoglyphidae).[3]

The specific name *breweri* is in honor of Dr. Stephen Brewer, the owner of [Manitou Cave](/source/Manitou_Cave).[3]

## Distribution

This species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Alabama](/source/Alabama) in the United States, and it is known only from its type locality.[1] The [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) is [Manitou Cave](/source/Manitou_Cave), [Little Wills Valley](/source/Little_Wills_Valley), [Coosa River](/source/Coosa_River) Basin, [Fort Payne, Alabama](/source/Fort_Payne%2C_Alabama).[3]

## Description

The shape of the [shell](/source/Gastropod_shell) is discoidal.[3] The shell has 2.5-3.0 [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)).[3]

The width of the shell is 1.53-1.79 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 0.80-0.98 mm.[3]

The length of the whole animal is 2.7-3.0 mm.[3]

## Ecology

*Antrorbis breweri* lives in cool stream in Manitou Cave.[3] It is threatened by [habitat loss](/source/Habitat_loss).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IUCN_2006_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IUCN_2006_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-IUCN_2006_1-2) Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). ["*Antrobia breweri* \[sic\]"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29626/9507148). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2000** e.T29626A9507148. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29626A9507148.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29626A9507148.en). Retrieved 6 August 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_2-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Antrorbis breweri*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.107391/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-Hershler_1990_3-10) 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](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Biological_Society_of_Washington)* **103**(l): 197-204. [PDF](http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/11322/1/iz_HershlerThompson1990.pdf).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Hubricht L. (1940). "A subterranean snail from an artesian well". *[The Nautilis](/source/The_Nautilus_(journal))* **54**(1): [34-35](https://archive.org/stream/nautilus54amer#page/34/mode/2up).

## External links

- [Species profile of Manitou cavesnail (*Antrorbis breweri*) at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service webpage](https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3539)

Taxon identifiers Antrorbis breweri Wikidata: Q3176688 EoL: 586013 GBIF: 2300133 iNaturalist: 213819 IRMNG: 10214691 ITIS: 567236 NatureServe: 2.107391 NCBI: 2697103 Open Tree of Life: 2922364 WoRMS: 1287546 Antrobia breweri Wikidata: Q28323677 GBIF: 5784350 iNaturalist: 94228 IUCN: 29626

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