Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
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: Margaritinae according to T. Kase 1984
See also Adegoke 1977, Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atira, Bowdenagaza, Eosolariella, Gaza, Igonoia, Kaiparathina, Margarites, Semisolarium, Solarioconulus
Subtaxa: Afrollonia angustiumbilicata Afrollonia nigeriensis Afrollonia togoensis
Type: Afrollonia nigeriensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection), Nigeria (1)
• Cretaceous of Japan (3)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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