Elimia lachryma

Elimia lachryma
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Elimia
Species:	†E. lachryma
Binomial name
†Elimia lachryma (Reeve, 1861)

Elimia lachryma, the teardrop elimia^[1] or nodulose Coosa River snail^[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.^[3][2] The species is endemic to the State of Alabama in the United States.^[2]

As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN.^[1] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005,^[4] but is still considered critically imperiled.^[2]

References

1. Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Elimia lachryma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40101A10313984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40101A10313984.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. NatureServe (2018). "Elimia lachryma". 7.1. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
3. iNaturalist (2018). "Elimia lachryma". San Francisco, California: California Academy of Science. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
4. Mobile River Basin Coalition Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine