Savannah pebblesnail

The Savannah pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus tenax, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Somatogyrus tenax may actually be a junior synonym of Somatogyrus virginicus, although the taxonomy remains in dispute.[1][2]

Savannah pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. tenax
Binomial name
Somatogyrus tenax
F.G. Thompson, 1969

Sources
  1. Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus tenax". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T20348A9189625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T20348A9189625.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 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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