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Crommium nigeriense

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Crommium nigeriense was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 306 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. willemeti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Crommium nigeriense Adegoke p. 136 figs. Plate 21, Figs. 8, 12-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyAmpullospirinaeCox 1930
genusCrommiumCossmann 1888
speciesnigeriense

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Crommium nigeriense Adegoke 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Paleocene83.6 - 56.0Mali Crommium nigeriense (202357)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Crommium nigeriense (type locality: 7791)