Elimia alabamensis

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Elimia alabamensis
Specimen

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. alabamensis
Binomial name
Elimia alabamensis
(I. Lea, 1861)
Synonyms[3]
  • Goniobasis osculata I. Lea, 1862
  • Melania aequa I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania alabamensis I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania fallax I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania pudica I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania quadrivittata I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania quadrivittatta I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania rara I. Lea, 1861
  • Melatoma babylonicum Reeve, 1860

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Elimia alabamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T7600A12834399. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7600A12834399.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Elimia alabamensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia alabamensis (I. Lea, 1861). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116665 on 2023-10-31


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