Hexaplex (Paziella) ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

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 Hexaplex (Paziella) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Paziella eyrei, Paziella graniformis, Paziella legrandi, Paziella subcoronata, Paziella trochispira, Poirieria (Paziella) atlantis, Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis, Poirieria (Paziella) harrisi, Poirieria (Paziella) nuttingi, Poirieria (Paziella) oregonia, Poirieria (Paziella) pazi, Poirieria (Paziella) petuchi, Poirieria (Paziella) septima, Poirieria (Paziella) werneri

Type specimen: UIMG 401. 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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