Cobble elimia

The cobble elimia, scientific name Elimia vanuxemiana, is a species of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod molluscs with an operculum in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States.^[2]

Cobble elimia
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Elimia
Species:	†E. vanuxemiana
Binomial name
†Elimia vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843
Synonyms[3]
Goniobasis negata I. Lea, 1862 Melania arctata I. Lea, 1845 Melania pergrata I. Lea, 1861 Melania rubicunda I. Lea, 1861 Melania vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843 Melania vanuxemiana var. fragosa Reeve, 1861

As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN.^[1] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005,^[4] but is still considered critically imperiled.^[2]

References

1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Elimia vanuxemiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T7587A12833492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T7587A12833492.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. NatureServe (2018). "Elimia vanuxemiana". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia vanuxemiana (I. Lea, 1843). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116986 on 2023-10-13
4. Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine