Biology:Elimia troostiana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mossy Elimia

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
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 troostiana I. 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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q308821 entry