Elimia lachryma
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| Elimia lachryma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | †E. lachryma |
| Binomial name | |
| †Elimia lachryma (Reeve, 1861) | |
Elimia lachryma, the teardrop elimia[1] or nodulose Coosa River snail[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.[2] The species is endemic to the State of Alabama in the United States.[2]
As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN.[1] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005,[3] but is still considered critically imperiled.[2]
