Walnut elimia

Walnut elimia
Picture of two elimia bellula shells
Shells of elimia bellula (Lea, 1861)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. bellula
Binomial name
Elimia bellula
I. Lea, 1861

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.

References

  1. ^ 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.


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