Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
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 Sassia according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Personella), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia africana, Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia radialis, Sassia tatei, Sassia warreni, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton woodsii, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton textilis, Austrosassia abbotti, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia annectans, Proxicharonia palmeri
Type specimen: USNM 174742. 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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