†Cerithium (Nigerithium) coorayi Adegoke 1977 (cerith snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
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 Cerithium (Nigerithium) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UIMH 206, 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 herbivore
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
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