Panhandle pebblesnail

Panhandle pebblesnail

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species: S. virginicus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus virginicus
Walker, 1904

The Panhandle pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus virginicus, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers, where it prefers areas with the fastest current.[1]

References

  1. "Using Herbicides to Save Endangered Snails: Sometimes, toxic chemicals are actually a good thing".
  • Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2012). "Somatogyrus virginicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T40103A2932369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T40103A2932369.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  • Dillon, R. T., Jr.; B.T. Watson; T. W. Stewart & W. K. Reeves. "Somatogyrus virginicus Walker 1904". Freshwater Gastropods of North America. Retrieved 22 May 2014.


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