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.
Shale pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Neotaenioglossa |
Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
Genus: | Somatogyrus |
Species: | S. pennsylvanicus
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Binomial name | |
Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus Walker, 1904
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Distribution
editThis species is endemic to rivers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 October 2023.