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Species of gastropod

Savannah pebblesnail
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species: S. tenax
Binomial name
Somatogyrus tenax
F.G. Thompson, 1969

The Savannah pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus tenax, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Somatogyrus tenax may actually be a junior synonym of Somatogyrus virginicus, although the taxonomy remains in dispute.

Sources

  1. ^ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Somatogyrus tenax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T20348A9189625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T20348A9189625.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Dillon, R. T. Jr.; B.T. Watson; T. W. Stewart & W. K. Reeves. "Somatogyrus virginicus Walker 1904". Freshwater Gastropods of North America. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
Taxon identifiers
Somatogyrus tenax


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