Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Full reference: O. S. Adegoke. 1977. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleocene) of Southwestern Nigeria. Bulletins of American Paleontology 71(295):1-379
Belongs to Levifusus according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Fusinus (Levifusus) calabasasensis, Fusinus (Levifusus) waringi, Fusus (Levifusus) palaeocenicus, Fusus (Levifusus) trabeatus, Levifusus angelicus, Levifusus brauneri, Levifusus fulguriparens, Levifusus maputi, Levifusus moodianus, Levifusus mortoni, Levifusus mortonii, Levifusus mortonopsis, Levifusus pagodiformis, Levifusus woolfei
Type specimen: UIMG 366. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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