Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Full reference: S. Weller. 1916. Description of the Ste. Genevieve limestone fauna from Monroe County, Illinois. Contributions of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 1:243-265
Belongs to Bulimorpha according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Thein and Nitecki 1974 and Weller 1916
Sister taxa: Bulimorpha bulimiformis, Bulimorpha elegans, Bulimorpha elongata, Bulimorpha lavrskyi, Bulimorpha melanioides, Bulimorpha micra, Bulimorpha minor
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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