Macrochilina acuta Sowerby 1827 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum acutum, Macrocheilus acutus, Soleniscus acutus, Strobeus acutum

Synonyms: Buccinum curvilineum Phillips 1836, Macrocheilus curvilineus Phillips 1836, Macrochilina curvilinea Phillips 1836

Full reference: J.d.C. Sowerby. 1827. No. XCVII 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(94-99):87-156

Belongs to Macrochilina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Amler and Heidelberger 2003, Bayle 1880, Harper 1981, Haughton 1858, Heidelberger 2001, Holmes 1858, Keyes 1889, Lamplugh et al. 1905, M'Coy 1844, McCoy 1862, Phillips 1836, Phillips 1841 and Sowerby 1827

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

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Ireland (1 collection), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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