†Vermetus (Vermetus) nigeriensis Adegoke 1977 (worm shell)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
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 Vermetus (Vermetus) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UIMG 251. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
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