Macrochilina modesta Girty 1909 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Macrochilina according to G. H. Girty 1909

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 2967 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cutoff Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 2967 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains

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