Elkania ambigua Walcott 1884 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae

Alternative combinations: Billingsia ambigua, Obolella ambigua

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298

Belongs to Elkania according to Ford 1886

See also Walcott 1884

Sister taxa: Elkania alaskensis, Elkania bellula, Elkania desiderata, Elkania hamburgensis, Elkania ida

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Elkania ambigua in the database

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