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