Macrochilina turbinea Whidborne 1896 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1896. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume III - Part I. The fauna of the Marwood and Pilton beds. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 50:1-112

Belongs to Macrochilina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Amler and Heidelberger 2003, Whidborne 1896 and Whidborne 1896

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

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

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

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