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