{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{speciesbox | name = Cave physa<br/>''Physella spelunca,'' | image = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Bogan, A.E. |date=1996 |title=''Physella spelunca'' |volume=1996 |article-number=e.T17241A6886772 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17241A6886772.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.110561 |title=''Physella spelunca'' |access-date=16 March 2026}}</ref> | taxon = Physella spelunca | authority = [[Ruth Turner|Turner]] & [[William J. Clench|Clench]], 1974 | synonyms = }}
The '''cave physa''' ('''''Physella spelunca''''') is a [[species]] of small, air-breathing, [[freshwater snail]], an aquatic [[pulmonate]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the family [[Physidae]]. It lives only in caves.
This species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Big Horn County, Wyoming|Big Horn County]], [[Wyoming]].
==See also== *[[List of non-marine molluscs of the United States]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Physidae]] [[Category:Freshwater animals of North America]] [[Category:Endemic molluscs of the United States]] [[Category:Cave snails]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1974]] [[Category:Taxa named by William J. Clench]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
{{Physidae-stub}} [[Category:Sinistral (left-coiled) gastropods]]