Flint pebblesnail

Flint pebblesnail
Vulnerable
Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Subfamily: Lithoglyphinae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
S. rheophilas
Binomial name
Somatogyrus rheophilas
Thompson, 1984
Synonyms
  • Somatogyrus rheophilus Thompson, 1984

The Flint pebblesnail (Somatogyrus rheophilas) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Flint River in Georgia in the United States.

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe. "Somatogyrus rheophilas". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Somatogyrus rheophilas F. G. Thompson, 1984". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2026.