Channeled pebblesnail

The channeled pebblesnail, scientific name †Somatogyrus wheeleri, was a species of very small freshwater and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

Channeled pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
†S. wheeleri
Binomial name
†Somatogyrus wheeleri
Walker, 1915

This species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers.

References
    • Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus wheeleri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2000: e.T20370A9192441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20370A9192441.en.


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