Vanpalmeria Adegoke 1977 (olive snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Alternative spelling: Varpalmeria

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

Parent taxon: Vanpalmeriidae according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Vanpalmeria africana

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)

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