The reverse pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus alcoviensis, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
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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. alcoviensis
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| †Somatogyrus alcoviensis Krieger, 1972
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This species is endemic to Newton County, Georgia[3] in the United States, where it occurs in the Alcovy and Yellow Rivers. It was believed extinct until it was rediscovered in a 2000 survey.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Watson, C.N. Jr (2000). R.A. Tankersley; D.I. Warmolts; G.T. Watters; B.J. Armitage; P.D. Johnson; R.S. Butler (eds.). "Results of a survey for selected species of Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda) in Georgia and Florida". Freshwater Mollusk Symposia Proceedings. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio: 233–244.
- ^ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Somatogyrus alcoviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40053A10311559. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40053A10311559.en. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Somatogyrus alcoviensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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