Reverse pebblesnail

Extinct (outdated[1])  (IUCN 3.1)[2]

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
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[3] 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Watson, C.N., Jr (2000). R.A. Tankersley, D.I. Warmolts, G.T. Watters, B.J. Armitage, P.D. Johnson, and R.S. Butler (ed.). "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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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 "Somatogyrus alcoviensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 17 February 2023.


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