Elimia showalteri, common name the compact elimia, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae.
Elimia showalteri has a large, robust, smooth shell boldly colored brown and/or green shell.
Elimia showalteri is agill-breathing snail. It is genetically very similar to the lacy elimia Elimia crenatella.
This snail is endemic to the Upper Cahaba River in Alabama, the United States.
Compact elimia are found grazing individually throughout shoal habitats.
Embryos develop into trochophore larvae before eventually becoming veliger larvae.
These snails are known to graze individually in shoal habitats.