Moon pebblesnail
| Moon pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. obtusus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus obtusus Walker, 1904 | |
The Moon pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus obtusus, is a species of very small freshwater snail that has an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.
References
- Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus obtusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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