Dwarf pebblesnail
| Dwarf pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. nanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus nanus Walker, 1904 | |
The dwarf pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus nanus, is a species of very small or minute species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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