Squat elimia

Squat elimia
This shell is the lectotype of Elimia variata (USNM 118756).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species: E. variata
Binomial name
Elimia variata
(I. Lea, 1861)

The squat elimia (Elimia variata) is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2012). "Elimia variata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T7588A3138603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T7588A3138603.en. Retrieved 14 December 2017.


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