Cobble elimia

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Cobble elimia
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175299 - Elimia vanuxemiana (Lea, 1843) - Pleuroceridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Status TNC G1.svg
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. vanuxemiana
Binomial name
Elimia vanuxemiana
I. Lea, 1843
Synonyms [3]
  • Goniobasis negataI. Lea, 1862
  • Melania arctataI. Lea, 1845
  • Melania pergrataI. Lea, 1861
  • Melania rubicundaI. Lea, 1861
  • Melania vanuxemianaI. Lea, 1843
  • Melania vanuxemiana var. fragosaReeve, 1861

The cobble elimia, scientific name Elimia vanuxemiana, is a species of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod molluscs with an operculum in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States. [2]

As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN. [1] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005, [4] but is still considered critically imperiled. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Elimia vanuxemiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000 e.T7587A12833492. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T7587A12833492.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 NatureServe (2018). "Elimia vanuxemiana". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe . Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia vanuxemiana (I. Lea, 1843). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116986 on 2023-10-13
  4. Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine