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 pygmaea, Macrochilina naticaeformis, Macrochilina pulchella, Soleniscus (Macrochilina) humilis, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina lincta, Macrochilina turrita, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina modesta, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina orbignyi, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina inaequistriata, Macrochilina brevispira, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina rectinea, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina sublineata, Macrochilina conicus, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina germanica, Macrochilina ejecta, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina winensis, Macrocheilus pulchella, Macrocheilus depilis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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