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Pleurocera catenaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pleuroceridae

Scientific name
  
Elimia albanyensis

Higher classification
  
Elimia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Genus
  
Pleurocera

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Pleurocera, Elimia, Pleuroceridae, Gastropods, Lily Shoals elimia

Pleurocera catenaria is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.

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This species is endemic to southern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia.

Subspecies

Subspecies of Pleurocera catenaria include:

  • Pleurocera catenaria catenaria (Say, 1822)
  • Pleurocera catenaria dislocata (Ravenel, 1834)
  • Synonyms

    Synonyms of Pleurocera catenaria catenaria include:

  • Elimia albanyensis, common name black-crest elimia, it was listed as vulnerable species in 1996 and as least concert in 2011.
  • Pleurocera boykiniana, common name flaxen elimia, it was listed as vulnerable species in 1996.
  • Pleurocera caelatura
  • Pleurocera christyi
  • Pleurocera darwini
  • Pleurocera interrupta, - common name knotty elimia, it was listed as vulnerable species in 1996.
  • Pleurocera lecontiana
  • Pleurocera mutabilis
  • Pleurocera postelli, common name broken hornsnail.
  • Pleurocera suturalis
  • Pleurocera viennaensis
  • References

    Pleurocera catenaria Wikipedia