Rhodacmea elatior
Appearance
Domed ancylid | |
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Two views of two shells of the domed ancylid from the Green River and Cahaba River | |
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Species: | R. elatior
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Rhodacmea elatior (Anthony, 1855)
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Rhodacme elatior |
The domed ancylid (Rhodacmea elatior)[2] 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
This freshwater limpet is endemic to the United States.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.