Channeled pebblesnail

The channeled pebblesnail, scientific name †Somatogyrus wheeleri, was a species of very small freshwater and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

Channeled pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Somatogyrus
Species:
†S. wheeleri
Binomial name
†Somatogyrus wheeleri
Walker, 1915

This species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers.

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus wheeleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20370A9192441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20370A9192441.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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