Stocky pebblesnail

The stocky pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus crassus, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.

Stocky pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. crassus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus crassus
Walker, 1904

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus crassus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20349A9189780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20349A9189780.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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