''Elimia'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snails with an
operculum, aquatic
gastropod mollusk
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s in the family
Pleuroceridae
Pleuroceridae, common name pleurocerids, is a family of small to medium-sized freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea.These snails have an operculum and typically a robust high-spired shell.
Reprodu ...
. Various species are found in creeks throughout much of the eastern and central
United States
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and the
Great Lakes
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region of
Canada
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. They were formerly included in the genus ''Goniobasis'', together with the western ''
Juga'' species.
Species
Species within the genus ''Elimia'' include:
* ''
Elimia acuta''
*
mud elimia (''Elimia alabamensis'')
*
black-crest elimia (''Elimia albanyensis'')
* ''
Elimia ampla'' (Anthony, 1854)
*
Lily Shoals elimia (''Elimia annettae'')
* ''
Elimia aterina''
*
walnut elimia (''Elimia bellula'')
*
flaxen elimia (''Elimia boykiniana'')
*
short-spired elimia (''Elimia brevis'')
*
Cahaba elimia (''Elimia cahawbensis'')
*
spindle elimia (''Elimia capillaris'')
*
Sharp-crest Elimia (Elimia carinifera)
*
closed elimia (''Elimia clausa'')
*
lacy elimia (''Elimia crenatella'')
*
Balcones elimia (''Elimia comalensis'')
*
banded elimia (''Elimia fascinans'')
*
fusiform elimia (''Elimia fusiformis'')
*
Coldwater elimia (''Elimia gerhardti'')
* ''
Elimia gibbera''
*
high-spired elimia (''Elimia hartmaniana'')
*
silt elimia (''Elimia haysiana'')
*
gladiator elimia (''Elimia hydei'')
*
constricted elimia (''Elimia impressa'')
*
knotty elimia (''Elimia interrupta'')
*
slowwater elimia (''Elimia interveniens'')
*
hearty elimia (''Elimia jonesi'')
* ''
Elimia lachryma''
*
ribbed elimia (''Elimia laeta'')
*
liver elimia (''
Elimia livescens'')
* ''
Elimia macglameriana''
*
round-rib elimia (''Elimia nassula'')
*
caper elimia (''Elimia olivula'')
*
rough-lined elimia (''Elimia pilsbryi'')
* ''
Elimia porrecta''
*
pyramid elimia (''Elimia potosiensis'')
*
Sprite Elimia (Elimia proxima)
*
pupa elimia (''Elimia pupaeformis'')
* ''
Elimia pybasi''
*
pygmy elimia (''Elimia pygmaea'')
*
compact elimia (''
Elimia showalteri'')
* ''
Elimia strigosa''
* † ''
Elimia tenera
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* ''
Elimia teres''
* ''
Elimia troostiana''
*
cobble elimia (''Elimia vanuxemiana'')
*
puzzle elimia (''Elimia varians'')
*
squat elimia (''Elimia variata'')
*
piedmont elimia (''
Elimia virginica'')
References
External links
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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