Elmira is a genus of prehistoric snails, gastropod molluscs.
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| Genus: | Elmira Cooke, 1919
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Taxonomy edit
Cooke placed the Elmira within the family Viviparidae, but according to the shell features it can placed within Littorinidae, Capulidae or clade Neomphalina.[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Elmira include:
- Elmira cornuatietis Cooke, 1919[1]
- Elmira shimantoensis Kiel & Nobuhara in Nobuhara et al., 2016[4]
The width of the shell of Elmira cornuatietis is more than 40 mm.[3] The shape of the shell is low turbiniform. The sculpture is crossed lamellar.[3] It has no pores in the shell.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Kiel S. & Hansen B. T. (2015). "Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region". PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140788. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140788.
- ^ Chen C., Linse K., Roterman C. N., Copley J. T. & Rogers A. D. (2015). "A new genus of large hydrothermal vent‐endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2), 319-335. doi:10.1111/zoj.12279.
- ^ a b c d e Kiel S. & Peckmann J. (2007). "Chemosymbiotic bivalves and stable carbon isotopes indicate hydrocarbon seepage at four unusual Cenozoic fossil localities". Lethaia 40(4): 345-357. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00033.x.
- ^ Takami Nobuhara; Daigaku Onda; Takuya Sato; Hidemi Aosawa; Toyoho Ishimura; Akira Ijiri; Urumu Tsunogai; Naoki Kikuchi; Yasuo Kondo; Steffen Kiel (2016). "Mass occurrence of the enigmatic gastropod Elmira in the Late Cretaceous Sada Limestone seep deposit in southwestern Shikoku, Japan". PalZ (Paläontologische Zeitschrift). 90 (4): 701–722. Bibcode:2016PalZ...90..701N. doi:10.1007/s12542-016-0326-4. S2CID 133445112.
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