Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea ewekoroensis
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 P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea), Eocypraea (Transovula), Eocypraea batequensis, Eocypraea beyrichi, Eocypraea crescentensis, Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea dollfusi, Eocypraea eosmithi, Eocypraea estellensis, Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea jimgoederti, Eocypraea judithsmithae, Eocypraea miobadensis, Eocypraea newboldi, Eocypraea nigeriensis, Eocypraea novasumma, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii
Type specimen: UIMG 312, 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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