The pygmy elimia, scientific nameElimia 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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. pygmaea
Binomial name
Elimia pygmaea
(H. H. Smith, 1936)

References

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  1. ^ 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.