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Pygmy pebblesnail

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Pygmy pebblesnail

Possibly Extinct  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus pygmaeus
Walker, 1909

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 mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. Its natural habitat is the Coosa River.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20365A9192035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20365A9192035.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Somatogyrus pygmaeus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 22 October 2023.