Cobble elimia

The cobble elimia, scientific name Elimia vanuxemiana, is a species of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod molluscs with an operculum in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States.[2]

Cobble elimia

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
†E. vanuxemiana
Binomial name
†Elimia vanuxemiana
I. Lea, 1843
Synonyms[3]
  • Goniobasis negata I. Lea, 1862
  • Melania arctata I. Lea, 1845
  • Melania pergrata I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania rubicunda I. Lea, 1861
  • Melania vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843
  • Melania vanuxemiana var. fragosa Reeve, 1861

As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN.[1] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005,[4] but is still considered critically imperiled.[2]

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References
  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Elimia vanuxemiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T7587A12833492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T7587A12833492.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. NatureServe (2018). "Elimia vanuxemiana". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia vanuxemiana (I. Lea, 1843). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116986 on 2023-10-13
  4. Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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