Fluted pebblesnail

The fluted pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus hendersoni, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.

Fluted pebblesnail

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. hendersoni
Binomial name
Somatogyrus hendersoni
Walker, 1909

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus hendersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20359A9191408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20359A9191408.en.


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