Cahaba elimia

Cahaba elimia
Lectotype of Elimia cahawbensis (USNM 119055)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Elimia
Species:	E. cahawbensis
Binomial name
Elimia cahawbensis (I. Lea, 1841)

The Cahawba elimia (Elimia cahawbensis) 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. It is named after Cahaba, Alabama and the Cahaba River.

References

1. Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Elimia cahawbensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T7585A12833236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T7585A12833236.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

Further reading

• Lori R. Tolley-Jordan, Hayleigh Barlar, Alexander Huryn. 2008. Influence of Catchment Land Use on in Situ Growth Rates of Elimia cahawbensis (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) in Headwater Streams of the Cahaba River Basin, Alabama USA. The Nabs 56th Annual Meeting (25–28 May 2008).