Elkania desiderata Billings 1865 (lamp shell)

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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