Elmira is a genus of prehistoric snails, gastropod molluscs.
Taxonomy Cooke placed the Elmira within the family Viviparidae, but according to the shell features it can placed within Littorinidae, Capulidae or clade Neomphalina.
Species Species within the genus Elmira include: Elmira cornuatietis Cooke, 1919 Elmira shimantoensis Kiel & Nobuhara in Nobuhara et al., 2016
The width of the shell of Elmira cornuatietis is more than 40 mm.Kiel S. & Peckmann J. (2007). "Chemosymbiotic bivalves and stable carbon isotopes indicate hydrocarbon seepage at four unusual Cenozoic fossil localities". Lethaia 40(4): 345-357. . The shape of the shell is low turbiniform. The sculpture is crossed lamellar. It has no pores in the shell.
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