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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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