Habitat
This map shows the distribution of Allogona profunda (Say) throughout the world.
The snail Allogona profunda (Say) is normally found
in a forest habitat. Walter C. Blinn also found that in the
spring Allogona profunda (Say) moves in the direction
of an expanse of fragmented log mold that was traversing the
area (Blinn, 1963), which shows that log mold is an important
aspect of this snail’s environment. Also in a more general
sense, the family Polygyridae are believed to be primarily
mycophagous, which means they eat fungi. This being the case,
this causes snails in this family to be attracted to log mold
where they may be able to find available food (Blinn, 1963).
Another source said that the snail Allogona profunda
(Say) could be found under leaf litter on wooded floodplains,
hillsides, and in ravines (Hubricht, 1985).
This particular snail is widely distributed throughout the
United States and Canada. The distribution of Allogona
profunda (Say) ranges across a wide section of central and
eastern North America, from Kansas to Minnesota and east to New
York, North Carolina, and Alabama. States that it has been found
in include Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and
the providence of Ontario (Nature Serve, 2010).
Allogona profunda (Say) is also like many other land snails in that it is nocturnal (Blinn, 1963).