Eocypraea nigeriensis Adegoke 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

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 Eocypraea according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea), Eocypraea (Transovula), Eocypraea batequensis, Eocypraea beyrichi, Eocypraea crescentensis, Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea dollfusi, Eocypraea eosmithi, Eocypraea estellensis, Eocypraea ewekoroensis, Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea jimgoederti, Eocypraea judithsmithae, Eocypraea miobadensis, Eocypraea newboldi, Eocypraea novasumma, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii

Type specimen: UIMG No. 150, a shell. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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