Biology:Elimia lachryma

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Elimia lachryma

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
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

Wikidata ☰ Q3173198 entry