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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. hinkleyi
Binomial name
Somatogyrus hinkleyi
Walker, 1904

The Granite pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus hinkleyi, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.

This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. Its natural habit is the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, but it has not been collected since these rivers were impounded. [2]

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References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Somatogyrus hinkleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T20360A9191460. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20360A9191460.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Somatogyrus hinkleyi". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 13 October 2023.