Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Alternative combinations: Natica meridionalis, Naticopsis meridionalis
Full reference: J. Phillips. 1841. Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the Ordinance Geological Survey of that district. Geological Society of London 1-231
Belongs to Macrochilina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Amler and Heidelberger 2003, Phillips 1841, Whidborne 1892 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 brevispira, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina lincta, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina orbignyi, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina pulchella, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina dunkeri, Macrochilina ejecta, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina rectinea, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina modesta, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrocheilus depilis, Macrocheilus pulchella
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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