Ohio pebblesnail
Species of gastropod
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The Ohio pebblesnail (Somatogyrus integra) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lithoglyphidae.
| Ohio pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. integra |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus integra (Say, 1829) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Distribution
This species is endemic to the Ohio River and tributaries in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]
