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]
Elimia is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. Various species are found in creeks throughout much of the eastern and central United States and the Great Lakes region of Canada. They were formerly included in the genus Goniobasis, together with the western Juga species.
The Walnut elimia is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States, and is named after the Walnut River, in Kansas.
The short-spired elimia, scientific name †Elimia brevis, was a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States; it is now extinct.
The Cahawba elimia is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
The lacy elimia also known as the lacey elimia, scientific name Elimia crenatella, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
Elimia gibbera was a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct, the attributed cause is land-use change.
The ribbed elimia, scientific name †Elimia laeta, was a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
The rough-lined elimia, scientific name Elimia pilsbryi, was a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the Coosa River system of Alabama in the United States; it is now presumed extinct, due to the impoundment of the river.
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.
The puzzle elimia is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the Cahaba River system of Bibb County, Alabama in the United States
Leptoxis compacta, the oblong rocksnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
The black mudalia is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. It is endemic to the Black Warrior River system of Alabama in the United States. It was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered during a 1996 survey.
Elimia virginica, common names the Piedmont elimia or Virginia river snail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.
Elimia livescens, common name the liver elimia, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.