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