Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combination: Leptoptygma australe

Synonyms: Decorochilina ornata Tassell 1982, Ianthinopsis ornatus Tassell 1982

Full reference: C. B. Tassell. 1982. Gastropods from the Early Devonian "Receptaculites" Limestone, Taemas, New South Wales. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 77:1-59

Belongs to Decorochilina according to P. J. Wagner 2011

Sister taxa: Decorochilina aulakion, Decorochilina beushauseni, Decorochilina bohemica, Decorochilina cancellata, Decorochilina costata, Decorochilina evoluta, Decorochilina queenslandicus, Decorochilina rectistriata

Type specimens:

• Decorochilina australe: Its type locality is Chatterton Loc. B, lower half of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW, which is in an Emsian marine lime mudstone/grainstone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.
• Decorochilina ornata: Its type locality is Chatterton Loc. B, lower half of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW, which is in an Emsian marine lime mudstone/grainstone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore