The pygmy elimia, scientific name †Elimia pygmaea, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
| Pygmy elimia | |
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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. pygmaea
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| Binomial name | |
| †Elimia pygmaea (H. H. Smith, 1936)
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References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Elimia pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T7597A12834241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T7597A12834241.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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