Elimia showalteri
Elimia showalteri, common name the compact elimia, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae.[1][2][3]
| Elimia showalteri | |
|---|---|
| Lectotype of Elimia showalteri (ANSP 26881) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. showalteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Elimia showalteri (I. Lea, 1860) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Shell description
Elimia showalteri has a large, robust, smooth shell boldly colored brown and/or green shell.[4]
Anatomy
Elimia showalteri is agill-breathing snail. It is genetically very similar to the lacy elimia Elimia crenatella.[5]
Distribution
This snail is endemic to the Upper Cahaba River in Alabama, the United States.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
Compact elimia are found grazing individually throughout shoal habitats.[4]
Life cycle
Embryos develop into trochophore larvae before eventually becoming veliger larvae.[3]
References
- "Elimia showalteri Compact Elimia". NatureServe. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Elimia showalterii (I. Lea, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Elimia showalterii" in SeaLifeBase. March 2024 version.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. Recovery Plan for 6 Mobile River Basin Aquatic Snails. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi. 46 pp, pp. 7–8.
- Lydeard, Charles; Holznagel, Wallace E.; Garner, Jeff; Hartfield, Paul; Pierson, J.Malcolm (1997). "A Molecular Phylogeny of Mobile River Drainage Basin Pleurocerid Snails (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 7 (1): 117–128. doi:10.1006/mpev.1996.0377.
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