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Fluted pebblesnail

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Fluted pebblesnail

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. hendersoni
Binomial name
Somatogyrus hendersoni
Walker, 1909

The fluted pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus hendersoni, is a species of very small freshwater snail with 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, but it has not been collected since the river was impounded.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus hendersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20359A9191408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20359A9191408.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Somatogyrus hendersoni". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 12 October 2023.