Mossy Elimia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | Elimia |
Species: | E. troostiana |
Binomial name | |
Elimia troostiana (I. Lea, 1838) | |
Synonyms | |
Melania troostianaI. Lea, 1838 |
Elimia troostiana, the Mossy Elimia, [1] [2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the Mossy Creek district of Jefferson County, Tennessee in the United States, for which it is named. [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. Fossils have been found across the whole of the North American continent, including from the Paleocene of Mexico and the Eocene of California. They were formerly included in the genus Goniobasis, together with the western Juga species.
The mud elimia, scientific name Elimia alabamensis, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, a gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States.
Pleurocera catenaria is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.
The flaxen elimia, scientific name Elimia boykiniana, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama and Georgia in the United States.
The Cahawba elimia is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
The banded elimia is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.
The coldwater elimia is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama and Georgia in the United States.
The gladiator elimia, scientific name Elimia hydeii, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States.
The knotty elimia, scientific name Elimia interrupta, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Tennessee in the United States.
Elimia lachryma, the teardrop elimia or nodulose Coosa River snail is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. The species is endemic to the State of Alabama in the United States.
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
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.
Leptoxis carinata, common name the crested mudalia, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.