Ewekoroia Adegoke 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae

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

Parent taxon: Diastomatidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Adegoke 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Diastoma, Diastomatinae, Obtortio, Teliostoma

Subtaxa: Ewekoroia acirsoides Ewekoroia nigeriensis Ewekoroia rugifera

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)

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