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 ejecta, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina meridionalis, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina modesta, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina lincta, Macrochilina rectinea, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina pulchella, Macrochilina orbignyi, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina brevispira, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrocheilus depilis, Macrocheilus pulchella
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Windmill Quarry, off of Windmill Road & Summer Hill South, Cork (Carboniferous of Ireland)
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