The Tumbling Creek cavesnail was described as a new species by Leslie Hubricht in 1971, from specimens taken by David Culver, Thomas Aley, and Hubricht in 1969 and 1970 [REF].
Hershler and Hubricht (1988) examined specimens of Antrobia culveri and confirmed the taxonomic placement of this species at that time in the subfamily Littoridininae [REF].