Decorochilina phillipsii Römer 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combinations: Loxonema phillipsii, Macrochilina phillipsii

Full reference: F. A. Römer. 1843. Die Versteinerungen des Harzgebirges 1-40

Belongs to Decorochilina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Heidelberger and Amler 2002 and Römer 1843

Sister taxa: Decorochilina aulakion, Decorochilina australe, Decorochilina beushauseni, Decorochilina bohemica, Decorochilina cancellata, Decorochilina capillosa, Decorochilina costata, Decorochilina crassior, Decorochilina dispar, Decorochilina evoluta, Decorochilina frechi, Decorochilina queenslandicus, Decorochilina recticosta, Decorochilina rectistriata, Decorochilina robusta, Decorochilina whidbornei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Cürten Strata Formation of Germany

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains

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