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 lincta, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina brevispira, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina pulchella, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina meridionalis, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina dunkeri, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina orbignyi, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina rectinea, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina ejecta, 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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