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Species of gastropod

Shale pebblesnail
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species: S. pennsylvanicus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus
Walker, 1904

The shale pebblesnail (Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to rivers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.

References

  1. ^ "Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Somatogyrus pennsylvanicus
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