Acute elimia (Elimia acuta)

Acute elimia (Elimia acuta) | Elimia acuta is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Common Name: Acute elimia
Scientific Name: Elimia acuta
Species Group: Snails
Listing Status: Species of Concern
States Found: Alabama, Tennessee

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
Order: Sorbeoconcha () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
Suborder: Discopoda () - P. Fischer, 1884
Infraorder: Discopoda ()
Superfamily: Cerithioidea () - C.A. Fleming, 1822
Family: Pleuroceridae () - P. Fischer, 1885 (1863)
Genus: Elimia () - Adams, 1854
Specific name: acuta - I. Lea, 1831
Scientific name: - Elimia acuta I. Lea, 1831

Acute elimia (Elimia acuta) Pictures

References
http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/E/Elimia_acuta/
http://www.conchology.be/?t=66&family=PACHYCHILIDAE&species=Elimia%20acuta
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/summary/7599/0