Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
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 Pyrazus according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Cerithium (Pyrazus) arapovicense, Pyrazus consobrinus, Pyrazus ebeninus, Pyrazus elongatum, Pyrazus indicus, Pyrazus octogonus, Pyrazus protobeninus, Pyrazus sutherlandi, Pyrazus valeriae, Pyrazus waitemataensis
Type specimen: UIMG 261. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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