†Turbocalyptraea scabrosa Eames 1957 (slipper shell)
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Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1957. Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria: a revision. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 3:25-70
Belongs to Turbocalyptraea according to F. E. Eames 1957
Sister taxon: Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea) crepidularis
Type specimen: G.42437, a shell. Its type locality is Ameki Railway - Cutting #1, southern Nigeria, which is in a Lutetian estuary/bay shale/claystone in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ameki Railway - Cutting #1, southern Nigeria
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