Elmira (gastropod)

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Elmira
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene [1]
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Elmira

Cooke, 1919

Elmira is a genus of prehistoric snails, gastropod molluscs.

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Taxonomy

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

Species within the genus Elmira include:

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]

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