Elimia lachryma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | Elimia |
Species: | †E. lachryma |
Binomial name | |
†Elimia lachryma (Reeve, 1861) | |
Elimia lachryma, the teardrop elimia [1] or nodulose Coosa River snail [2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. [3] [2] The species is endemic to the State of 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]