Short-spired elimia

The short-spired elimia, scientific name †Elimia brevis, was a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States; it is now extinct.

Short-spired elimia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Elimia
Species:
†E. brevis
Binomial name
†Elimia brevis
(Reeve, 1860)

References
  1. Bogan, A.E. 2000. Elimia brevis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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