Angular pebblesnail
| Angular pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. biangulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus biangulatus Walker, 1906 | |
The angular pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus biangulatus, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.[1] This snail is only located in specific freshwater cave environments and has not been extensively studied.
References
- 1 2 Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus biangulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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