Pyrazus nigeriensis Adegoke 1977 (snail)

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

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