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