Elimia lachryma

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. lachryma
Binomial name
†Elimia lachryma
(Reeve, 1861)

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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 NatureServe (2018). "Elimia lachryma". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. ↑ iNaturalist (2018). "Elimia lachryma". San Francisco, California: California Academy of Science. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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