Elimia troostiana

Elimia troostiana, the Mossy Elimia,^[1][2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the Mossy Creek district of Jefferson County, Tennessee in the United States, for which it is named.^[2]

Mossy Elimia
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly 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. troostiana
Binomial name
Elimia troostiana (I. Lea, 1838)
Synonyms
Melania troostiana I. Lea, 1838