Shale pebblesnail
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| Shale pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. pennsylvanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus Walker, 1904 | |
The shale pebblesnail (Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to rivers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 NatureServe. "Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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