Channeled pebblesnail

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The channeled pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus wheeleri, was a species of very small freshwater and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Channeled pebblesnail

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. wheeleri
Binomial name
Somatogyrus wheeleri
Walker, 1915

This species was endemic to Arkansas in the United States. Its natural habitat was the Ouachita River.

References edit

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus wheeleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20370A9192441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20370A9192441.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Somatogyrus wheeleri". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 10 October 2023.