Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca (Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda) from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 5:127-155
Belongs to Volutomorpha according to R. A. Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha brasiliensis, Volutomorpha conradi, Volutomorpha cretacea, Volutomorpha delawarensis, Volutomorpha dumasensis, Volutomorpha gigantea, Volutomorpha horrida, Volutomorpha mutabilis, Volutomorpha producta, Volutomorpha retifera, Volutomorpha similis, Volutomorpha splendida, Volutomorpha valida
Type specimen: BMNH G.70259, a shell. Its type locality is Awgu, below government station, which is in a Coniacian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Awgu Limestone Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Congo-Brazzaville (1 collection), Nigeria (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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