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Pyramid Elimia

Elimia potosiensis

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Elimia potosiensis, common name the pyramid elimia, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. Subspecies There are four subspecies: Elimia potosiensis potosiensis (I. Lea, 1841) Elimia potosiensis crandalli (Pilsbry, 1890) Elimia potosiensis ozarkensis (Call, 1886) Elimia potosiensis plebeius (Gould, 1851) Shell description There is a phenotypic plasticity of shells of Elimia potosiensis: Distribution Elimia potosiensis is native to the United States.

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