Biology:Granite pebblesnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Granite pebblesnail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. hinkleyi
Binomial name
Somatogyrus hinkleyi
Walker, 1904

The Granite pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus hinkleyi, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.

This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. Its natural habit is the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, but it has not been collected since these rivers were impounded.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3174489 entry