Bonellitia (Admetula) imevborei Adegoke 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

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 Bonellitia (Admetula) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Admetula bayeri, Admetula deroyae, Admetula evulsa, Admetula valientensis, Admetula vossi, Admetula zalayana, Admetula zapoteca, Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata, Bonellitia (Admetula) tumida

Type specimen: UIMG 389. 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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