| Cahaba elimia | |
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| Lectotype of Elimia cahawbensis (USNM 119055) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. cahawbensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Elimia cahawbensis (I. Lea, 1841)
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The Cahawba elimia (Elimia cahawbensis) is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
This species is endemic to the United States. It is named after Cahaba, Alabama and the Cahaba River.
References
- ^ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Elimia cahawbensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T7585A12833236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T7585A12833236.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Further reading
- Lori R. Tolley-Jordan, Hayleigh Barlar, Alexander Huryn. 2008. Influence of Catchment Land Use on in Situ Growth Rates of Elimia cahawbensis (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) in Headwater Streams of the Cahaba River Basin, Alabama USA. The Nabs 56th Annual Meeting (25–28 May 2008).
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