Macrochilina piltonensis Amler and Heidelberger 2003 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: M.R.W. Amler and D. Heidelberger. 2003. Late Famennian Gastropoda from south-west England. Palaeontology 46(6):1151-1211

Belongs to Macrochilina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Amler and Heidelberger 2003

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

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pilton Formation Gastropods (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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