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Flaxen elimia

Species of freshwater snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The flaxen elimia, scientific name Elimia boykiniana, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama and Georgia[2] in the United States.

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Flaxen elimia
Imperiled
Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Elimia
Species:
E. boykiniana
Binomial name
Elimia boykiniana
(I. Lea, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Goniobasis boykiniana
  • Pleurocera boykiniana
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