Elimia ampla, common name ample elimia, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
| Pleurocera ampla | |
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| Lectotype of Elimia ampla (MCZ 161735) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. ampla
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| Binomial name | |
| Elimia ampla | |
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Distribution
editSee also
edit- Leptoxis ampla (Anthony, 1855) is another species with similar scientific name.
References
edit- ^ a b Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Elimia ampla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T7582A3138432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T7582A3138432.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Anthony J. G. (1854). "Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus Melania Lam., from western states of North America". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6: 80-130. page 93-94. Plate II, figure 12.
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