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Cypraedia ogbei
Taxonomy
Cypraedia ogbei was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 314, a shell, and it 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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Cypraedia ogbei Adegoke pp. 143 - 144 figs. Pl. 22, figs. 10-13 |
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†Cypraedia ogbei Adegoke 1977
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| O. S. Adegoke 1977 | Shell small, hemispherical, uniformly rounded, and with subrectangular outline. Apical whorls few, tightly folded, concealed. Parietal portion of body whorl moderately wide, tapers rapidly to form the gently curved columella. Outer lip thin, margin expanded, producing a broad aperture. Shell thin, smooth, faintly crossed by growth striae. Siphon short and broad. |