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