# Cave physa

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Species of gastropod

Cave physa Physella spelunca, Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1] Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Superorder: Hygrophila Family: Physidae Genus: Physella Species: P. spelunca Binomial name Physella spelunca Turner & Clench, 1974

The **cave physa** (***Physella spelunca***) is a [species](/source/Species) of small, air-breathing, [freshwater snail](/source/Freshwater_snail), an aquatic [pulmonate](/source/Pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Physidae](/source/Physidae). It lives only in caves.

This species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Big Horn County](/source/Big_Horn_County%2C_Wyoming), [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming).

## See also

- [List of non-marine molluscs of the United States](/source/List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_the_United_States)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-iucn_status_16_November_2021_1-0)** Bogan, A.E. (1996). ["*Physella spelunca*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17241/6886772). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **1996** e.T17241A6886772. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17241A6886772.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17241A6886772.en). Retrieved 16 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_2-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Physella spelunca*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.110561/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 March 2026.

Taxon identifiers Physella spelunca Wikidata: Q3073401 BOLD: 28877 CoL: 4HH25 EoL: 452932 GBIF: 5189797 iNaturalist: 109490 IRMNG: 10236787 ITIS: 76728 IUCN: 17241 NatureServe: 2.110561 NCBI: 283760 Open Tree of Life: 110057 WoRMS: 1150227

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