Anguispira cumberlandiana
Encyclopedia
The Cumberland Tigersnail or the Cumberland Disc, scientific name Anguispira cumberlandiana, is a species
of small, air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae
.
This species is found along the Cumberland Plateau
, USA.
in 1840.
Lea's original text (the type description) reads as follows and provided one sentence of physical description. He lists the location of specimens as in the Cumberland Mountains
near Jasper, Tennessee
:
Later, in 1843, Lea provided a the same description, but with more background information about the body form of this species in relation to H. alternata (now known as Anguispira alternata
), particularly the lenticular form and carina of cumberlandiana.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of small, air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae
Discidae
Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.-Genera:The family Discidae has no subfamilies...
.
This species is found along the Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Plateau
The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia, part of Tennessee, and a small portion of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia . The terms "Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both refer to the...
, USA.
Original descriptions from the 1840s
Anguispira cumberlandiana was originally discovered and described under the name Carocolla Cumberlandiana by Isaac LeaIsaac Lea
Isaac Lea was an American conchologist, geologist, and businessman, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware.-Life:...
in 1840.
Lea's original text (the type description) reads as follows and provided one sentence of physical description. He lists the location of specimens as in the Cumberland Mountains
Cumberland Mountains
The Cumberland Mountains are a mountain range in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains. They are located in southern West Virginia, western Virginia, eastern edges of Kentucky, and eastern middle Tennessee, including the Crab Orchard Mountains...
near Jasper, Tennessee
Jasper, Tennessee
Jasper is a town in Marion County, Tennessee. The population was 3,214 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marion County.Jasper is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
:
Later, in 1843, Lea provided a the same description, but with more background information about the body form of this species in relation to H. alternata (now known as Anguispira alternata
Anguispira alternata
Anguispira alternata, common name the flamed disc or flamed tigersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails....
), particularly the lenticular form and carina of cumberlandiana.