Elimia alabamensis

The mud elimia, scientific name Elimia alabamensis, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, a gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States.[2]

Elimia alabamensis

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. alabamensis
Binomial name
Elimia alabamensis
(I. Lea, 1861)
Synonyms[3]
  • Goniobasis osculata I. Lea, 1862
  • Melania aequa I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania alabamensis I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania fallax I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania pudica I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania quadrivittata I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania quadrivittatta I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania rara I. Lea, 1861
  • Melatoma babylonicum Reeve, 1860

References
  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Elimia alabamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T7600A12834399. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7600A12834399.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Elimia alabamensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia alabamensis (I. Lea, 1861). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116665 on 2023-10-31


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