†Astarte (Astarte) ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
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 Astarte (Astarte) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Astarte (Astarte) galeotti, Astarte (Astarte) massintonti, Astarte (Astarte) radiata
Type specimen: UIMG 490. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
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