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