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Afrollonia nigeriensis

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Afrollonia nigeriensis was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMH 189, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria. It is the type species of Afrollonia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. matsushimensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Afrollonia nigeriensis Adegoke p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMargaritinaeStoliczka 1868
genusAfrollonia
speciesnigeriensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Afrollonia nigeriensis Adegoke 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Afrollonia nigeriensis (type locality: 7791)