Cylichna makanjuolai Adegoke 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae

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 Cylichna according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Cylichna (Acrostemma), Cylichna (Cylichna), Cylichna (Cylichnopsis), Cylichna alba, Cylichna andersoni, Cylichna angustata, Cylichna angystoma, Cylichna attonsa, Cylichna aula, Cylichna calvertensis, Cylichna diegensis, Cylichna discus, Cylichna diversilirata, Cylichna elliptica, Cylichna faba, Cylichna fantasma, Cylichna greensboroensis, Cylichna incisa, Cylichna intermissia, Cylichna jacksonensis, Cylichna loismartinae, Cylichna occulta, Cylichna paupercula, Cylichna pessumata, Cylichna ramonensis, Cylichna salbriacensis, Cylichna secalina, Cylichna solivaga, Cylichna subalpina, Cylichna takashimaensis, Cylichna temblorensis, Cylichna tenuis, Cylichna venusta

Type specimen: UIMG 407. 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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