Reverse pebblesnail

Reverse pebblesnail
Extinct
Extinct (outdated) (IUCN 3.1)
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Somatogyrus
Species:
†S. alcoviensis
Binomial name
†Somatogyrus alcoviensis
Krieger, 1972

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.

This species is endemic to Newton County, Georgia 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.

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 NatureServe. "Somatogyrus alcoviensis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 17 February 2023.