| Elimia livescens | |
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| shell of Elimia livescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Elimia |
| Species: | E. livescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830) |
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Elimia livescens, common name the liver elimia, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
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The height of the shell of this species can be as large as 20 mm.[1]
Elimia livescens is native to the United States. It occurs in the Saint Lawrence River drainage from Great Lake to Lake Champlain; in tributaries of the Ohio River east of the Scioto River in Ohio; and in the Wabash River, west to the Illinois River.[1]
The nonindigenous distribution of Elimia livescens includes the lower Hudson River drainage.[1] It migrated to the Hudson River via the Erie Canal.[1] The impact of this introduction is unknown.[1]
This snail is found in freshwater rivers and streams, on rock shoals and gravel bars.[1]
The sexes are separate.[1] Eggs are usually laid in the spring.[1] The snails often reach sexual maturity in a year, and can live for 5 years.[1]
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