Elimia lachryma

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Elimia lachryma
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
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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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Elimia lachryma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T40101A10313984. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40101A10313984.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 NatureServe (2018). "Elimia lachryma". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe . Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. iNaturalist (2018). "Elimia lachryma". San Francisco, California: California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine