Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Alternative combinations: Macrocheilus humilis, Sphaerodoma humilis
Full reference: C. R. Keyes. 1888. On the fauna of the lower Coal Measures of central Iowa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1888:222-246
Belongs to Soleniscus (Macrochilina) according to J. B. Knight 1931
See also Keyes 1888, Keyes 1889, Morningstar 1922, Wagner 2023 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
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, 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 modesta, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrocheilus depilis, Macrocheilus pulchella
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution: found only at small tributary of Little Scioto River, Section 22, Hamilton Township (Carboniferous of Ohio)
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