Knotty pebblesnail
| Knotty pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. constrictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus constrictus Walker, 1904 | |
The knotty pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus constrictus, of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. The taxonomic validity of this species has been questioned; it may represent morphological aberrations of other, valid species.[1][2] If it is a valid species, it would be assessed as threatened.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Somatogyrus constrictus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T20353A9190379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T20353A9190379.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ↑ Clark, Stephanie (2007). "Preliminary survey of the Hydrobiidae of Alabama" (PDF). Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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