Elimia
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| A shell of Elimia virginica | |
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| Genus: | Elimia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[1]
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Elimia is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. Various species are found in creeks throughout much of the eastern and central United States and the Great Lakes region of Canada. They were formerly included in the genus Goniobasis, together with the western Juga species.
Species
Species within the genus Elimia include:
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Synonyms
- Elimia ampla is a synonym for the round rocksnail Leptoxis ampla.
References
- ^ H. Adams. 1854. Gen. Rec. Moll., 1, 300.
Further reading
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