Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Alternative combinations: Macrocheilus altonensis, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) altonensis
Full reference: A. M. McChesney. 1865. Plates illustrating in part the new species of fossils from the Palaeozoic rocks of the western states. And two new species noticed March 1860 1-11
Belongs to Soleniscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Keyes 1889, Knight 1931, Meek and Worthen 1873 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Soleniscus (Soleniscus), Soleniscus acuminatus, Soleniscus adrianensis, Soleniscus aplatus, Soleniscus avellanoides, Soleniscus barroisi, Soleniscus brancoi, Soleniscus callosus, Soleniscus carinatus, Soleniscus chemnithiaeformis, Soleniscus diminutus, Soleniscus elegans, Soleniscus girtyi, Soleniscus glaber, Soleniscus gracilis, Soleniscus gubleri, Soleniscus hamiltoniae, Soleniscus humilis, Soleniscus intusplicatus, Soleniscus kansaensis, Soleniscus klipparti, Soleniscus micidus, Soleniscus minor, Soleniscus mongolicus, Soleniscus monodontiformis, Soleniscus netchaevi, Soleniscus oviformis, Soleniscus pactus, Soleniscus philipi, Soleniscus planus, Soleniscus ponderosa, Soleniscus regularis, Soleniscus sosiensis, Soleniscus strictus, Soleniscus subulitoides, Soleniscus subzonatus, Soleniscus transitoria, Soleniscus typicus, Soleniscus variabilis, Strobeus primogenius
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 989, Raymond Tunnel, Sublette Range (Permian of Wyoming)
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