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Elimia showalteri

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Species of gastropod

Elimia showalteri
Lectotype of Elimia showalteri (ANSP 26881)
Conservation status

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species: E. showalteri
Binomial name
Elimia showalteri
(I. Lea, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Lithasia showalterii I. Lea, 1860
  • Melania purpurea I. Lea, 1861

Elimia showalteri, common name the compact elimia, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae.

Shell description

Elimia showalteri has a large, robust, smooth shell boldly colored brown and/or green shell.

Anatomy

Elimia showalteri is agill-breathing snail. It is genetically very similar to the lacy elimia Elimia crenatella.

Distribution

This snail is endemic to the Upper Cahaba River in Alabama, the United States.

Ecology

Habitat

Compact elimia are found grazing individually throughout shoal habitats.

Life cycle

Embryos develop into trochophore larvae before eventually becoming veliger larvae.

Feeding habits

These snails are known to graze individually in shoal habitats.

References

  1. ^ "Elimia showalteri Compact Elimia". NatureServe. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Elimia showalterii (I. Lea, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  3. ^ Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Elimia showalterii" in SeaLifeBase. March 2024 version.
  4. ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. Recovery Plan for 6 Mobile River Basin Aquatic Snails. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi. 46 pp, pp. 7–8.
  5. Lydeard, Charles; Holznagel, Wallace E.; Garner, Jeff; Hartfield, Paul; Pierson, J.Malcolm (1997). "A Molecular Phylogeny of Mobile River Drainage Basin Pleurocerid Snails (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 7 (1): 117–128. doi:10.1006/mpev.1996.0377.
Taxon identifiers
Elimia showalteri
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