†Elkania desiderata Billings 1865 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Alternative combinations: Billingsia desiderata, Obolella desiderata
Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426
Belongs to Elkania according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Billings 1865
Sister taxa: Elkania alaskensis, Elkania ambigua, Elkania bellula, Elkania hamburgensis, Elkania ida
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Point Levis. Graptolitic Slate (Ordovician of Quebec)
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