Elimia lachryma

Elimia lachryma, the teardrop elimia^[1] or nodulose Coosa River snail^[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.^[3][2] The species is endemic to the State of Alabama in the United States.^[2]

Elimia lachryma
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Elimia
Species:	†E. lachryma
Binomial name
†Elimia lachryma (Reeve, 1861)

As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN.^[1] It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005,^[4] but is still considered critically imperiled.^[2]