Biology:Walnut elimia

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Walnut elimia
Picture of two elimia bellula shells
Shells of elimia bellula (Lea, 1861)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. bellula
Binomial name
Elimia bellula
I. Lea, 1861

The Walnut elimia (Elimia bellula) is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States , and is named after the Walnut River, in Kansas.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q307460 entry