†Crassimurex akoi Adegoke 1977 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Pugilina akoi
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 Crassimurex according to G. J. Vermeij and P. Lozouet 2012
See also Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Crassimurex calcitrapa, Crassimurex crispus
Type specimen: UIMG 359, 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 carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
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