Pygmy pebblesnail
The pygmy pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus pygmaeus, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.
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Species: | S. pygmaeus |
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Somatogyrus pygmaeus Walker, 1909 | |
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus pygmaeus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2000: e.T20365A9192035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20365A9192035.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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