Elkania alaskensis Ulrich and Cooper 1936 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1936. New genera and species of Ozarkian and Canadian brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):616-631

Belongs to Elkania according to E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper 1936

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

Type specimen: USNM 92719a-c

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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