Elimia is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Pleuroceridae. Species of the genus are aquatic gastropod mollusks that have an operculum. Various species are found in creeks throughout much of the eastern and central United States and the Great Lakes 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.[1] They were formerly included in the genus Goniobasis, together with the western Juga species.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Elimia:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Elimia Adams and Adams 1858". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ H. Adams & A. Adams (1854). "The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization". Gen. Rec. Moll. 1: 300.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057388 on 2023-10-29
  4. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-03-01.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goniobasis
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