Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Alternative combinations: Ampullaria nobilis, Macrocheilus nobilis
Full reference: J. D. C. Sowerby. 1826. No. LXXVII of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain 6:1-250
Belongs to Strobeus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Lamplugh et al. 1905 and Sowerby 1826
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 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 subovata, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina dunkeri, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina brevispira, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina rectinea, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina meridionalis, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina orbignyi, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina ejecta, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina pulchella, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina modesta, Macrochilina lincta, Macrocheilus depilis, Macrocheilus pulchella
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Windmill Quarry, off of Windmill Road & Summer Hill South, Cork (Carboniferous of Ireland)
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