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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T7582A3138432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T7582A3138432.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  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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