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The rolling pebblesnail scientific name Somatogyrus strengi, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.

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Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. strengi
Binomial name
Somatogyrus strengi
Pilsbry & Walker, 1906

References
    • Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus strengi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2000: e.T20368A9192262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20368A9192262.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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