Closed elimia

Closed elimia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species: E. clausa
Binomial name
Elimia clausa
(I. Lea, 1861)

The closed elimia, scientific nameElimia clausa, was a species of gastropod in the Pleuroceridae family. It was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

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