The Flint pebblesnail (Somatogyrus rheophilas) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.
| Flint pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neotaenioglossa |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Subfamily: | Lithoglyphinae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. rheophilas
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| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus rheophilas F.G. Thompson, 1984
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Somatogyrus rheophilus F. G. Thompson, 1984 | |
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to the Flint River in Georgia in the United States.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Somatogyrus rheophilas". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Somatogyrus rheophilus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project.
External links
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