The cobble elimia, scientific name Elimia vanuxemiana, is a species of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod molluscs with an operculum in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | †E. vanuxemiana
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| Binomial name | |
| †Elimia vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843
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As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN.[1] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005,[4] but is still considered critically imperiled.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Elimia vanuxemiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T7587A12833492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T7587A12833492.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b c NatureServe (2018). "Elimia vanuxemiana". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia vanuxemiana (I. Lea, 1843). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116986 on 2023-10-13
- ^ Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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