Ovate pebblesnail

The ovate pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus excavatus, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States, and its natural habitat is rivers.

Ovate pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. excavatus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus excavatus
Walker, 1906

References
  1. Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus excavatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T20358A9191165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T20358A9191165.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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