''Elimia'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snail
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s in the family
Pleuroceridae. Species of the genus are aquatic
gastropod
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mollusk
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s that have an
operculum. Various species are found in creeks throughout much of the eastern and central United States and the
Great Lakes
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region of Canada. Fossils have been found across the whole of the North American continent, including from the Paleocene of Mexico and the Eocene of
California
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.
[ They were formerly included in the genus ''Goniobasis'', together with the western '' Juga'' species.
]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Elimia'':type
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*'' Elimia alabamensis'' - mud elimia
*'' Elimia albanyensis'' - black-crest elimia
*'' Elimia ampla'' - ample elimia
*'' Elimia annae''
*'' Elimia annettae'' - Lily Shoals elimia
*'' Elimia arachnoidea''
*'' Elimia aterina'' - coal elimia
*'' Elimia athearni''
*'' Elimia bellacrenata''
*'' Elimia bellula'' - walnut elimia
*'' Elimia boykiniana'' - flaxen elimia
*'' Elimia brevis'' - short-spired elimia
*'' Elimia broccata''
*'' Elimia buffyae''
*'' Elimia bullula''
*'' Elimia caelatura''
*'' Elimia caelatura''
*'' Elimia cahawbensis'' - Cahaba elimia
*'' Elimia capillaris'' - spindle elimia
*'' Elimia carinifera'' - sharp-crest elimia
*'' Elimia carinocostata''
*'' Elimia catenaria''
*'' Elimia catenoides''
*'' Elimia chiltonensis''
*'' Elimia christyi''
*'' Elimia clara''
*'' Elimia clausa'' - closed elimia
*'' Elimia clavaeformis''
*'' Elimia clenchi''
*'' Elimia cochliaris''
*'' Elimia comalensis'' - Balcones elimia
*'' Elimia comma''
*'' Elimia costifera''
*'' Elimia crenatella'' - lacy elimia
*'' Elimia curreyana''
*'' Elimia cylindracea''
*'' Elimia darwini''
*'' Elimia dickersoni''
*'' Elimia dickinsoni''
*'' Elimia dislocata''
*'' Elimia doolyensis''
*'' Elimia ebenum''
*'' Elimia edgariana''
*'' Elimia fascinans'' - banded elimia
*'' Elimia flava''
*'' Elimia floridensis''
*'' Elimia fusiformis'' - fusiform elimia
*'' Elimia gibbera'' - shouldered elimia
*'' Elimia glarea''
*'' Elimia godwini''
*'' Elimia hartmaniana'' - high-spired elimia
*'' Elimia haysiana'' - silt elimia
*'' Elimia hydeii'' - gladiator elimia
*'' Elimia impressa'' - constricted elimia
*'' Elimia inclinans''
*'' Elimia induta''
*'' Elimia interrupta'' - knotty elimia
*'' Elimia interveniens'' - slowwater elimia
*'' Elimia jonesi'' - hearty elimia
*'' Elimia lachryma'' - teardrop elimia
*'' Elimia laeta'' - ribbed elimia
*'' Elimia laqueata''
*'' Elimia lecontiana''
*†'' Elimia lewisiana''
*'' Elimia livescens'' - liver elimia
*'' Elimia macglameriana'' - Macglamery's Coosa River snail
*'' Elimia melanoides''
*'' Elimia mihalcikae''
*'' Elimia modesta'' - coldwater elimia
*'' Elimia mutabilis''
*'' Elimia nassula'' - round-rib elimia
*'' Elimia nitens''
*†'' Elimia nodulifera''
*'' Elimia olivula'' - caper elimia
*'' Elimia ornata''
*†'' Elimia packardi''
*'' Elimia paupercula''
*'' Elimia perstriata''
*'' Elimia pilsbryi'' - rough-lined elimia
*'' Elimia plicatastriata''
*'' Elimia porrecta'' - nymph elimia
*'' Elimia potosiensis'' - pyramid elimia
*'' Elimia proxima'' - sprite elimia
*'' Elimia pupaeformis'' - pupa elimia
*'' Elimia pupoidea''
*'' Elimia pybasii'' - spring elimia
*'' Elimia pygmaea'' - pygmy elimia
*'' Elimia schencki''
*'' Elimia semicarinata''
*'' Elimia shenandoa''
*'' Elimia showalteri'' - compact elimia
*'' Elimia simplex''
*'' Elimia striatula''
*'' Elimia strigosa'' - brook elimia
*†'' Elimia subtortuosa''
*'' Elimia symmetrica''
*'' Elimia taitiana''
*'' Elimia tenera''
*'' Elimia teres'' (elegant elimia)
*'' Elimia teretria''
*'' Elimia timida''
*'' Elimia trigemmata'' [
*'' Elimia troostiana'' - Mossy elimia
*'' Elimia ucheensis''
*'' Elimia vanhyningiana''
*'' Elimia vanuxemiana'' - cobble elimia
*'' Elimia varians'' - puzzle elimia
*'' Elimia variata'' - squat elimia
*'' Elimia viennaensis''
*'' Elimia virginica'' - Piedmont elimia
*'' Elimia veatchii'' ][
]
References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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