Macrochilina imbricata Sowerby 1827 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum imbricatum, Macrocheilus imbricatus

Full reference: J.d.C. Sowerby. 1827. No. XCVII of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 6(94-99):87-156

Belongs to Macrochilina according to H. S. Kirchner 1915

See also Etheridge 1888, Römer 1843, Sowerby 1827 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 brevispira, Macrochilina rectinea, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina dunkeri, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina ejecta, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina orbignyi, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina lincta, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrochilina modesta, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina meridionalis, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina pulchella, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina ovata, Macrocheilus depilis, Macrocheilus pulchella

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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