Somatogyrus obtusus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Lithoglyphidae
Genus
Somatogyrus
Species
Somatogyrus obtusus
Scientific Name
Somatogyrus obtusus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

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The Moon pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus obtusus, is a species of very small freshwater snail that has 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.

Although the IUCN officially categorises the species as Data Deficient, it also considers it as Possibly extinct, as it has not been recorded since the river was impounded. This latter classification is also supported by The Nature Conservancy.

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