Knotty pebblesnail
| Knotty pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. constrictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus constrictus Walker, 1904 | |
The knotty pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus constrictus, of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. The taxonomic validity of this species has been questioned; it may represent morphological aberrations of other, valid species.[1][2] If it is a valid species, it would be assessed as threatened.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Somatogyrus constrictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ Clark, Stephanie (2007). "Preliminary survey of the Hydrobiidae of Alabama" (PDF). Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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