Strobeus nobilis Sowerby 1826 (snail)

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 intermedia, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina pulchella, Macrochilina brevispira, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina ejecta, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, 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 Windmill Quarry, off of Windmill Road & Summer Hill South, Cork (Carboniferous of Ireland)

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