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