Macrochilina modesta Girty 1909 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Macrochilina according to G. H. Girty 1909

Sister taxa: Strobeus alternatus, Strobeus bashkiriensis, Strobeus batteni, Strobeus brancoi, Strobeus brevis, Strobeus delawarensis, Strobeus dongluoensis, Strobeus ferganense, Strobeus gouldiana, Strobeus immanis, Strobeus intercalaris, Strobeus keyesi, Strobeus mucronatus, Strobeus nobilis, Strobeus ovalis, Strobeus pakistanensis, Strobeus paludinaeformis, Strobeus poromus, Strobeus rectilinea, Strobeus rozeni, Strobeus shigetai, Strobeus stinesvillensis, Strobeus subglobosus, Strobeus tantilla, Strobeus veberi, Strobeus ventricosus, Strobeus welleri, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina dunkeri, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina elevata, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina pulchella, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina brevispira, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina ejecta, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina rectinea, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina meridionalis, Macrochilina orbignyi, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina lincta, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrocheilus depilis, Macrocheilus pulchella

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 2967 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cutoff Formation of Texas

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 2967 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains

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