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Macrochilina orbignyi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Taxonomy
Fusus orbignyanus was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Macrochilina orbignyi by Kittl (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. maculata, M. onondagaensis, Soleniscus nuclei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Fusus orbignyanus Münster p. 142 figs. Pl 9, fig 38
1894Macrochilina orbignyi Kittl p. 212 figs. Pl 11, figs 22,23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySoleniscidae
subfamilySoleniscinae
genusMacrochilina
speciesorbignyi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Macrochilina orbignyi Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available