Elimia lachryma

Elimia lachryma is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.[1][2] The species is endemic to the State of Alabama in the United States.[2]

Elimia lachryma

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Elimia
Species:
E. lachryma
Binomial name
Elimia lachryma
(Reeve, 1861)

As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN.[3] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005, but is still considered critically imperiled.[2]

References
  1. iNaturalist (2018). "Elimia lachryma". San Francisco, California: California Academy of Science. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  2. NatureServe (2018). "NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. Version 7.1". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Elimia lachryma. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T40101A10313984". Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40101A10313984.en. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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