Sinum akinkugbei Adegoke 1977 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

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 Sinum according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Sinum (Sinum), Sinum africanum, Sinum aquensis, Sinum beatricae, Sinum bilix, Sinum carolanum, Sinum chesapeakensis, Sinum chipolanum, Sinum clathratum, Sinum concavum, Sinum cymba, Sinum danvillense, Sinum debile, Sinum debilis, Sinum declive, Sinum euryhedra, Sinum excentricum, Sinum eximium, Sinum fragilis, Sinum gabbi, Sinum gabrielensis, Sinum gatunense, Sinum grayi, Sinum haliotoidea, Sinum imperforatum, Sinum ineptum, Sinum jacksonense, Sinum javanus, Sinum lacondamini, Sinum maculatum, Sinum mississippiense, Sinum naticoidalis, Sinum nolani, Sinum noyesii, Sinum obliquum, Sinum pacificum, Sinum perrini, Sinum perspectivum, Sinum protoneritoideus, Sinum quirosanum, Sinum sanctijohannis, Sinum scopulosum, Sinum scopulosus, Sinum subglobosus, Ectosinum microstira, Sigaretus mexicanus, Sigaretus javanus, Sigaretus perrini, Sigaretus costatus, Sigaretus cinctus, Sigaretus raynevalli, Sigaretus (Naticina), Sigaretus sanctijohannis, Sigaretus mississippiensis

Type specimen: UIMG 305. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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