Panhandle pebblesnail

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Panhandle pebblesnail
Status TNC G2.svg
Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. virginicus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus virginicus
Walker, 1904

The Panhandle pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus virginicus, 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. Its natural habitat is rivers, where it prefers areas with the fastest current. [2]

References

  1. Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Somatogyrus virginicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T40103A2932369. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T40103A2932369.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Using Herbicides to Save Endangered Snails: Sometimes, toxic chemicals are actually a good thing".