Biology:Savannah pebblesnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Savannah pebblesnail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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][2]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus tenax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T20348A9189625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T20348A9189625.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20348/9189625. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. Dillon, R. T. Jr.; B.T. Watson. "Somatogyrus virginicus Walker 1904". Freshwater Gastropods of North America. http://www.fwgna.org/species/hydrobiidae/s_virginicus.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3173944 entry