Elimia lachryma
| Elimia lachryma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | †E. lachryma
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| Binomial name | |
| †Elimia lachryma (Reeve, 1861)
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Elimia lachryma, the teardrop elimia[1] or nodulose Coosa River snail[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.[3][2] The species is endemic to the State of Alabama in the United States.[2]
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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Elimia lachryma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40101A10313984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40101A10313984.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e NatureServe (2018). "Elimia lachryma". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ iNaturalist (2018). "Elimia lachryma". San Francisco, California: California Academy of Science. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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