Walnut elimia
| Walnut elimia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. bellula |
| Binomial name | |
| Elimia bellula I. Lea, 1861 | |
The Walnut elimia, scientific name Elimia bellula, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States, and is named after the Walnut River, in Kansas.
References
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Elimia bellula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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