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Rhodacmea elatior

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Rhodacmea elatior
Two views of two shells of the domed ancylid from the Green River and Cahaba River
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Rhodacmea
Species:
R. elatior
Binomial name
Rhodacmea elatior
(Anthony, 1855)
Synonyms

Rhodacme elatior

Rhodacmea elatior, the domed ancylid, is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Distribution

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This freshwater limpet is endemic to the United States.[3]

References

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  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Rhodacmea elatior". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T19669A9002012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19669A9002012.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. NatureServe. "Rhodacmea elatior". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  3. Ó Foighil D., Li J., Lee T., Johnson P., Evans R. & Burch J. B. (2011). "Conservation Genetics of a Critically Endangered Limpet Genus and Rediscovery of an Extinct Species". PLoS ONE 6(5): e20496. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020496.