The Panhandle pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus virginicus, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers, where it prefers areas with the fastest current.[2]
| Panhandle pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neotaenioglossa |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. virginicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus virginicus Walker, 1904
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References
edit- ^ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Somatogyrus virginicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T40103A2932369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T40103A2932369.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Using Herbicides to Save Endangered Snails: Sometimes, toxic chemicals are actually a good thing".
- 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.
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