Channeled pebblesnail

The channeled pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus wheeleri, was a species of very small freshwater and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Channeled pebblesnail

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. wheeleri
Binomial name
Somatogyrus wheeleri
Walker, 1915

This species was endemic to Arkansas in the United States. Its natural habitat was the Ouachita River.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus wheeleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20370A9192441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20370A9192441.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Somatogyrus wheeleri". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 10 October 2023.


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