Flaxen elimia

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Flaxen elimia
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Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. boykiniana
Binomial name
Elimia boykiniana
(I. Lea, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Goniobasis boykiniana
  • Pleurocera boykiniana

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 [2] in the United States.

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The Lily Shoals elimia, scientific name Elimia annettae, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

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The round-rib elimia, scientific name Elimia nassula, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

The caper elimia, scientific name Elimia olivula, is a species of gilled freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

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Elimia porrecta is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

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Elimia teres is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Elimia troostiana, the Mossy Elimia, 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.

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Elimia boykiniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T7603A12834530. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7603A12834530.en . Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Elimia boykiniana". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 29 October 2023.