Biology:Savannah pebblesnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Savannah pebblesnail

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. tenax
Binomial name
Somatogyrus tenax
F.G. Thompson, 1969

The Savannah pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus tenax, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Somatogyrus tenax may actually be a junior synonym of Somatogyrus virginicus, although the taxonomy remains in dispute.[1][3]

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q3173944 entry