Macrochilina germanica Dietz 1911 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: E. Dietz. 1911. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der deutschen Zechsteinschnecken. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 30:444-506

Belongs to Macrochilina according to E. Dietz 1911

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, 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 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pößneck, Zone VII, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate carbonate in the Zechstein Formation of Germany

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pößneck, Zone VII

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