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Stocky pebblesnail

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Stocky pebblesnail

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Possibly Extinct  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. crassus
Binomial name
Somatogyrus crassus
Walker, 1904

The stocky pebblesnail (Somatogyrus crassus) is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. Its natural habitat is the Coosa River. The IUCN classification is also supported by The Nature Conservancy, as it has not been recorded since the river was impounded.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Somatogyrus crassus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T20349A9189780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T20349A9189780.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Somatogyrus crassus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 12 October 2023.