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Macrochilina winensis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4954323	https://www.gbif.org/species/4954323
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	134617	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134617

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Soleniscidae : Strobeus : Macrochilina winensis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Soleniscidae : Strobeus : Macrochilina winensis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Loxonematoidea
family	Soleniscidae	Knight 1931
subfamily	Soleniscinae	Knight 1931
genus	Strobeus	de Koninck 1881
species	Macrochilina winensis	Dickins 1963

Generic Name

Macrochilina

Scientific Name

Macrochilina winensis Dickins, 1963

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Macrochilina winensis	species	belongs to Macrochilina	stated with evidence	Dickins, 1963

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Soleniscidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Soleniscidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Soleniscidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1963	Macrochilina winensis Dickins p. 134 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-7

References

Dickins J. M. (1963) Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia, Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63, 1-203

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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