Elmira (gastropod)
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| name = Elmira
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Cretaceous|Eocene|Cretaceous-EoceneKiel S. & Hansen B. T. (2015). "Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region". PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140788. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0140788}}.}}
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = unclear
| superfamilia = unclear
| familia = unclearChen 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}}.
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| genus = Elmira
| genus_authority = Cooke, 1919
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Elmira is a genus of prehistoric snails, gastropod molluscs.
Taxonomy
Cooke placed the Elmira within the family Viviparidae, but according to the shell features it can placed within Littorinidae, Capulidae or clade Neomphalina.
Species
Species within the genus Elmira include:
- Elmira cornuatietis Cooke, 1919
- Elmira shimantoensis Kiel & Nobuhara in Nobuhara et al., 2016{{Cite journal|author1=Takami Nobuhara |author2=Daigaku Onda |author3=Takuya Sato |author4=Hidemi Aosawa |author5=Toyoho Ishimura |author6=Akira Ijiri |author7=Urumu Tsunogai |author8=Naoki Kikuchi |author9=Yasuo Kondo |author10=Steffen Kiel |year=2016 |title=Mass occurrence of the enigmatic gastropod Elmira in the Late Cretaceous Sada Limestone seep deposit in southwestern Shikoku, Japan |journal=PalZ (Paläontologische Zeitschrift) |volume=90 |issue=4 |pages=701–722 |doi=10.1007/s12542-016-0326-4 |bibcode=2016PalZ...90..701N |s2cid=133445112 }}
The width of the shell of Elmira cornuatietis is more than 40 mm.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}}. The shape of the shell is low turbiniform. The sculpture is crossed lamellar. It has no pores in the shell.
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Category:Prehistoric gastropod genera
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