Pleurocera ampla

Elimia ampla, common name ample elimia, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.

Pleurocera ampla
Lectotype of Elimia ampla (MCZ 161735)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Elimia
Species:
E. ampla
Binomial name
Elimia ampla
(Anthony, 1854)[2]
Synonyms

Melania ampla Anthony, 1854 (original combination)
Elimia ampla (Anthony, 1854)

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Alabama, United States.[1]

See also
  • Leptoxis ampla (Anthony, 1855) is another species with similar scientific name.

References
  1. Cordeiro J. & Perez K. (2012). "Elimia ampla". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 February 2013.
  2. Anthony J. G. (1854). "Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus Melania Lam., from western states of North America". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6: 80-130. page 93-94. Plate II, figure 12.


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