Hidden pebblesnail
| Hidden pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. decipiens |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus decipiens Walker, 1909 | |
The hidden pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus decipiens, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.[2]
This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. The common name is based on a river called the Hidden River.
References
- ↑ Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus decipiens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Hidden pebblesnail (Somatogyrus decipiens)". Species Profiles. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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