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 Voluta according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Voluta (Agaronia), Voluta alfaroi, Voluta anticingulata, Voluta bicorona, Voluta breviplicata, Voluta bulbula, Voluta calligona, Voluta camdeo, Voluta cantaurana, Voluta cincta, Voluta citharina, Voluta crenulata, Voluta cubaguaensis, Voluta depressa, Voluta eomagna, Voluta fimbriata, Voluta heptagonalis, Voluta induta, Voluta junghuhni, Voluta kirbyi, Voluta lawsoni, Voluta limbata, Voluta lyra, Voluta macroptera, Voluta martini, Voluta mitreola, Voluta muricata, Voluta musica, Voluta paytanica, Voluta purpuriformis, Voluta pyriformis, Voluta radula, Voluta rupestris, Voluta semilineata, Voluta septemcostata, Voluta sinuosa, Voluta sulcata, Voluta trichinopolitensis, Voluta uncifera, Voluta vautrini, Voluta vredenburgi
Type specimen: UIMG 384. 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:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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