Conomitra guineensis Adegoke 1977 (ribbed mitre)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

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 Conomitra according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Conomitra antarctolirata, Conomitra capitolina, Conomitra caribbeana, Conomitra cernohorskyi, Conomitra falconensis, Conomitra fusoides, Conomitra iredalei, Conomitra jacksonensis, Conomitra kendrewi, Conomitra lavelana, Conomitra lehneri, Conomitra leonardhilli, Conomitra strombodiformis, Conomitra texana, Conomitra vernoniana

Type specimen: UIMG 156. 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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