Biology:Moon pebblesnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Moon pebblesnail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. obtusus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus obtusus
Walker, 1904

The Moon pebblesnail,[1] scientific name Somatogyrus obtusus, is a species of very small freshwater snail that has an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.

This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. Its natural habitat is the Coosa River.

Although the IUCN officially categorises the species as Data Deficient, it also considers it as Possibly extinct, as it has not been recorded since the river was impounded.[1][3] This latter classification is also supported by The Nature Conservancy.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus obtusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T20363A9191706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T20363A9191706.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20363/9191706. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Somatogyrus obtusus ". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.119468/Somtogyrus_obtusus. 
  3. Mirarchi R.E., Garner J.T., Mettee and O'Neil P.E. 2004. Imperiled Aquatic Mollusks and Fishes. Alabama Wildlife 2

Wikidata ☰ Q3174205 entry