Biology:Ohio pebblesnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ohio pebblesnail

Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. integra
Binomial name
Somatogyrus integra
(Say, 1829)
Synonyms[2]
  • Melania integra Say, 1829
  • Somatogyrus integer (Say, 1829)

The Ohio pebblesnail (Somatogyrus integra) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Ohio River and tributaries in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana , Kentucky and Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Somatogyrus integra". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116381/Somatogyrus_integra. 
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Somatogyrus integer (Say, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1331947 on 2023-10-17


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