Tallapoosa pebblesnail
Species of gastropod
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The Tallapoosa pebblesnail, scientific name Somatogyrus pilsbryanus, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Alabama[2] in the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. The common name of this pebblesnail refers to the Tallapoosa River, which runs through the states of Georgia and Alabama.
| Tallapoosa pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Genus: | Somatogyrus |
| Species: | S. pilsbryanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Somatogyrus pilsbryanus Walker, 1904 | |
