Cahaba elimia

Cahaba elimia
Lectotype of Elimia cahawbensis
(USNM 119055)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species: E. cahawbensis
Binomial name
Elimia cahawbensis
(I. Lea, 1841)

The Cahawba elimia (Elimia cahawbensis) 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. It is named after Cahaba, Alabama and the Cahaba River.

References

  1. Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2012). "Elimia cahawbensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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