Elimia showalteri explained

Elimia showalteri, common name the compact elimia, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae.

Shell description

Elimia showalteri has a large, robust, smooth shell boldly colored brown and/or green shell.^[1]

Anatomy

Elimia showalteri is agill-breathing snail. It is genetically very similar to the lacy elimia Elimia crenatella.^[2]

Distribution

This snail is endemic to the Upper Cahaba River in Alabama, the United States.

Ecology

Habitat

Compact elimia are found grazing individually throughout shoal habitats.^[1]

Life cycle

Embryos develop into trochophore larvae before eventually becoming veliger larvae.

Feeding habits

These snails are known to graze individually in shoal habitats. ^[1]

Notes and References

1. [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
2. Lydeard . Charles . Holznagel . Wallace E. . Garner . Jeff . Hartfield . Paul . Pierson . J.Malcolm . A Molecular Phylogeny of Mobile River Drainage Basin Pleurocerid Snails (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 1997 . 7 . 1 . 117–128 . 10.1006/mpev.1996.0377.