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Elkoceras volborthi

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Taxonomy
Elkoceras volborthi was named by Lintz and Lohr (1958). Its type specimen is Mackay School of Mines Museum 918, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carbon Ridge locality about nine miles south of Eureka., which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Diamond Peak Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Elkoceras.

It was recombined as Euomphalus volborthi by Lintz (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Elkoceras volborthi Lintz and Lohr pp. 979 - 980 figs. pl. 128 f. 1
1962Euomphalus volborthi Lintz p. 612
1981Elkoceras volborthi Morris and Cleevely p. 208
2023Elkoceras volborthi Wagner p. 671

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyEuomphalidae
genusElkoceras
speciesvolborthi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Elkoceras volborthi Lintz and Lohr 1958
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Lintz and L.S. Lohr 1958Taphyroconic neanic stage of two or three whorls followed by gyroconic adult whorl of living chamber. Whorl profile subtrigonal, height greater than maximum width which occurs at venter. Prominent alternating nodes at ventral-lateral shoulder beginning on the last taphyroconic whorl. Growth lines perpendicular to direction of growth visible on living chamber. Sutures and siphuncle not seen.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Diet 2: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:58:27
Modified: 2025-08-07 22:35:47
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Chesterian or 335.40000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Nevada) Elkoceras volborthi (type locality: 156534)