Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

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 Volutocorbis according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni, Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae, Athleta (Volutocorbis) harnaiensis, Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii, Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei, Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis), Volutocorbis crenulifera, Volutocorbis digitalina, Volutocorbis elevata, Volutocorbis inornatus, Volutocorbis lima, Volutocorbis minutus, Volutocorbis oregonensis, Volutocorbis pakistanica, Volutocorbis scabricula, Volutocorbis virginiae

Type specimen: UIMG 383. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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