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