Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
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 Cypraedia according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia), Cypraedia (Protocypraedia), Cypraedia aillana, Cypraedia blaiaensis, Cypraedia carmenensis, Cypraedia chira, Cypraedia elegans, Cypraedia fenestralis, Cypraedia gilberti, Cypraedia girauxi, Cypraedia gizaensis, Cypraedia hyderabadensis, Cypraedia ismaili, Cypraedia reedi, Cypraedia subcancellata, Cypraedia subelegans
Type specimen: UIMG 314, 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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