Black mudalia
| Black mudalia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. melanoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Elimia melanoides (Conrad, 1834) | |
| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Leptoxis melanoides | |
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The black mudalia[1][2] (Elimia melanoides) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. It is endemic to the Black Warrior River system of Alabama in the United States. It was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered during a 1996 survey.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Leptoxis melanoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T177734A7463394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T177734A7463394.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 NatureServe. "Elimia melanoides". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- 1 2 Minton, R. L., et al. (2003). Rediscovery, systematic position, and re-description of "Leptoxis" melanoides (Conrad, 1834) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae) from the Black Warrior River, Alabama, U.S.A. Archived August 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 531-41.
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