Odostomia nigeriensis Adegoke 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

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 Odostomia according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Odostomia (Amaura), Odostomia (Ividia), Odostomia (Megastomia), Odostomia (Menestho), Odostomia (Odostomia), Odostomia (Oscilla), Odostomia (Ravnostomia), Odostomia acrybia, Odostomia acutidens, Odostomia alexanderi, Odostomia biangulata, Odostomia conoidea, Odostomia cotuhensis, Odostomia crassispirata, Odostomia crenulata, Odostomia cuisensis, Odostomia derivata, Odostomia diaboli, Odostomia fetella, Odostomia granulatus, Odostomia griesensis, Odostomia griswoldensis, Odostomia guajirana, Odostomia insignifica, Odostomia lignitarum, Odostomia nuttalli, Odostomia obstinata, Odostomia oxia, Odostomia packi, Odostomia pakistanica, Odostomia pellucida, Odostomia plicata, Odostomia pupa, Odostomia reevei, Odostomia santana, Odostomia semicostata, Odostomia simillima, Odostomia simplex, Odostomia sperabilis, Odostomia talama, Odostomia talpa, Odostomia tenuis, Odostomia tenuisculpta, Odostomia turbinatus, Odostomia ventriosa, Odostomia virginalis, Odostomia winlockiana

Type specimen: UIMG 283. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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