The Walnut elimia (Elimia bellula) is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States, and is named after the Walnut River, in Kansas.
Walnut elimia | |
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Shells of elimia bellula (Lea, 1861) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | Elimia |
Species: | E. bellula
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Binomial name | |
Elimia bellula I. Lea, 1861
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References
edit- ^ Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Elimia bellula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T7602A3139545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T7602A3139545.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.