Turbellaria --- Distribution records

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Collecting site

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA
cave; 4th level in Hovey's Cathedral Domes, Fox's Alley, Becky's Alley deeper down in Mammoth Cave 300 ft, water 55 degrees F., and ph 7.6
latitude: 37.186501    
longitude: -86.103104    

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Collected here:

Speophila buchananiNov 1935stonestemp 55 degrees F., and ph 7.6. Collected by Dr. Buchanan, Northwestern University from the under side of stones in a stream 300 feet down in the cave.
Sphalloplana percoecaMay 1874according to Hyman LH 1937 {10290}- first mentioned in Packard's textbook under the Dendrocoelum perocecum, but later described in full in Packard AS 1888 {18247}
Dendrocoelum percoecumMay 1874according to Hyman LH 1937 {10290}- first mentioned in Packard's textbook under the Dendrocoelum perocecum, but later described in full in Packard AS 1888.
Sphalloplana buchanani1935caves in Kentucky.
Sphalloplana percoeca1888 or earlierin Shaler's Brook, Gothic Avenue, Richardson's Spring, Annett's Dome, Audubon Avenue and Rafinesque Hall.
Sphalloplana percoecaAug 1933one specimen collected in Annette's Dome.