Granite pebblesnail

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 Hydrobiidae.

Granite pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. hinkleyi
Binomial name
Somatogyrus hinkleyi
Walker, 1904

This species is endemic to the United States. The Granite River is found in Minnesota.

References
    • Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Somatogyrus hinkleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 21 May 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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