ammonites
Macrochilina naticaeformis Heidelberger 2001 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Invalid subtaxa: Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) ventricosa Goldfuss 1844 [replaced name], Macrochilina ventricosa Goldfuss 1844 [replaced name], Phasianella ventricosa Goldfuss 1844 [replaced name]

Full reference: D. Heidelberger. 2001. Mitteldevonische (Givetische) Gastropoden (Mollusca) aus der Lahnmulde (suedliches Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Geologische Abhandlungen Hessen 106:1-291

Belongs to Macrochilina according to P. J. Wagner 2011

Sister taxa: Strobeus alternatus, Strobeus batteni, Strobeus brancoi, Strobeus brevis, Strobeus delawarensis, Strobeus dongluoensis, Strobeus girtyi, Strobeus gouldiana, Strobeus immanis, Strobeus intercalaris, Strobeus keyesi, Strobeus ovalis, Strobeus pakistanensis, Strobeus paludinaeformis, Strobeus poromus, Strobeus rectilinea, Strobeus shigetai, Strobeus stinesvillensis, Strobeus tantilla, Strobeus ventricosus, Strobeus welleri, Macrochilina cyclostoma, Macrochilina pulchella, Macrochilina seneca, Macrochilina whidborni, Macrochilina acuta, Macrochilina imbricata, Macrochilina nitens, Macrochilina decheni, Macrochilina hermitei, Macrochilina adpressa, Macrochilina lincta, Macrochilina ovatum, Macrochilina phillipsii, Macrochilina buccinoides, Macrochilina elongata, Macrochilina subimbricata, Macrochilina capillosa, Macrochilina chattolina, Macrochilina crassior, Macrochilina dispar, Macrochilina ejecta, Macrochilina elevata, Macrochilina frechi, Macrochilina hospitalis, Macrochilina intermedia, Macrochilina piltonensis, Macrochilina pusilla, Macrochilina pygmaea, Macrochilina recticosta, Macrochilina subovata, Macrochilina subtilis, Macrochilina turbinea, Macrochilina whidbornei, Macrochilina meridionalis, Macrochilina neritoides, Macrochilina ovata, Macrochilina humilis, Macrochilina winensis, Macrochilina modesta, Macrochilina sandbergeri, Macrochilina turrita

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 17.5