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Knotty pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
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. ^ a b c Template:IUCN
  2. ^ 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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