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]
| Savannah pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neotaenioglossa |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. tenax
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| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus tenax F.G. Thompson, 1969
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Sources edit
- ^ a b 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. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Dillon, R. T. Jr.; B.T. Watson; T. W. Stewart & W. K. Reeves. "Somatogyrus virginicus Walker 1904". Freshwater Gastropods of North America. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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