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Helicodiscus eigenmanni is a small snail species that is commonly found in damp areas in Central Texas caves. Its range extends from Texas west into New Mexico and Arizona, south into Northern Mexico, east into Arkansas, and north into Kansas. In some areas such as in New Mexico, it is found in forest leaf litter at lower elevations of mountains. Helicodiscus eigenmanni is blind, as are all the members of the family Helicodiscidae. To find food they use chemoreceptors on there four tentacles, similar to a mammal finding food with its nose. Their diet consists of decaying plant and animal matter as well as fungi.

The Balcones Canyonlands Preserve protects many caves inhabited by Helicodiscus eigenmanni. For more information please visit:
http://www.austintexas.gov/BCPstory
http://www.austintexas.gov/bcp
  / austinwildlandconservation  

Video by Colin Strickland
Biologist, City of Austin, Balcones Canyonlands Preserve

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