Flint pebblesnail

The Flint pebblesnail (Somatogyrus rheophilas) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Flint pebblesnail

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Subfamily: Lithoglyphinae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. rheophilas
Binomial name
Somatogyrus rheophilas
F.G. Thompson, 1984
Synonyms[2]

Somatogyrus rheophilus F. G. Thompson, 1984

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Flint River in Georgia in the United States.[1]

References
  1. "Somatogyrus rheophilas". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. "Somatogyrus rheophilus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  • InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project.
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