Granite pebblesnail

The Granite pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus hinkleyi, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

Granite pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
S. hinkleyi
Binomial name
Somatogyrus hinkleyi
Walker, 1904

This species is endemic to the United States. The Granite River is found in Minnesota.

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Somatogyrus hinkleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20360A9191460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20360A9191460.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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