Cherokee pebblesnail
The Cherokee pebblesnail (Somatogyrus georgianus) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.
| Cherokee pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neotaenioglossa |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. georgianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus georgianus | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Tennessee, Cahaba and Alabama Rivers in Alabama and Chattanooga River in Georgia in the United States. Assessment of its conservation status is encumbered by the difficulty in differentiating the various species of Somatogyrus from one another.[1]
References
- "Somatogyrus georgianus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- Vinarski, Maxim (2019). "Somatogyrus georgianus B. Walker, 1904". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
External links
- Walker, B. (1904). New species of Somatogyrus. The Nautilus. 17(12): 133-142, pl. 5
- Johnson, P. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Brown, K. M.; Burkhead, N. M.; Cordeiro, J. R.; Garner, J. T.; Hartfield, P. D.; Lepitzki, D. A. W.; Mackie, G. L.; Tarpley, T. A.; Tiemann, J. S.; Whelan, N. V.; Strong, E. E. (2013). Conservation status of freshwater gastropods of Canada and the United States. Fisheries. 38(6): 247-282
- B. (1915). Apical characters in Somatogyrus, with description of three new species. The Nautilus. 29(4): 37-41; 29(5): 49-53, text-figures 1-4.
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