Carolia freneixi Adegoke 1977 (jingle)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

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 Carolia according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Carolia (Carolia), Carolia blanfordiana, Carolia placunoides

Type specimen: UIMG 445. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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