Squat elimia
| Squat elimia | |
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| This shell is the lectotype of Elimia variata (USNM 118756). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. variata |
| Binomial name | |
| Elimia variata (I. Lea, 1861) | |
The squat elimia, scientific name Elimia variata, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Elimia variata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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