Macrochilina elevata Whidborne 1891 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1891. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I - Part III. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 44:155-250

Belongs to Macrochilina according to M.R.W. Amler and D. Heidelberger 2003

See also Heidelberger 2001, Kirchner 1915 and Whidborne 1891

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

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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