Elimia showalteri, common name the compact elimia, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae.[1][2][3]
| Elimia showalteri | |
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| Lectotype of Elimia showalteri (ANSP 26881) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. showalteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Elimia showalteri (I. Lea, 1860)
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Shell description
editElimia showalteri has a large, robust, smooth shell boldly colored brown and/or green shell.[4]
Anatomy
editElimia showalteri is agill-breathing snail. It is genetically very similar to the lacy elimia Elimia crenatella.[5]
Distribution
editThis snail is endemic to the Upper Cahaba River in Alabama, the United States.[1]
Ecology
editHabitat
editCompact elimia are found grazing individually throughout shoal habitats.[4]
Life cycle
editEmbryos develop into trochophore larvae before eventually becoming veliger larvae.[3]
Feeding habits
editThese snails are known to graze individually in shoal habitats. [4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Elimia showalteri Compact Elimia". NatureServe. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Elimia showalterii" in SeaLifeBase. March 2024 version.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.