Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Full reference: A. Kaim, A. Nützel, M. Hautmann and H. Bucher. 2013. Early Triassic gastropods from Salt Range, Pakistan. Bulletin of Geosciences 88:505-516
Belongs to Strobeus according to R. Hofmann and A. Nützel 2013
See also Kaim et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Strobeus alternatus, Strobeus bashkiriensis, 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 orbignyi, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina subimbricata, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina dunkeri, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina rectinea, Macrochilina meridionalis, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina brevispira, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina modesta, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina pulchella, Macrochilina ejecta, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina lincta, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrocheilus pulchella, Macrocheilus depilis
Type specimen: PIMUZ.SR-16, a shell. Its type locality is Chhidru CHI 9, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 5.22
Distribution:
• Triassic of Oman (1 collection), Pakistan (3), United States (4: Utah)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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