Elimia showalteri
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| Elimia showalteri | |
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| Lectotype of Elimia showalteri (ANSP 26881) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. showalteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Elimia showalteri (I. Lea, 1860) | |
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Elimia showalteri, common name the compact elimia, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae.[1][2][3]
Anatomy
Elimia showalteri is agill-breathing snail. It is genetically very similar to the lacy elimia Elimia crenatella.[5]