Opaque pebblesnail

The opaque pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus tennesseensis, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. The natural habitat of this species is rivers.

Opaque pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. tennesseensis
Binomial name
Somatogyrus tennesseensis
Walker, 1906

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus tennesseensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20369A9192350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20369A9192350.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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