Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Hudleston 1882 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae

Alternative spelling: Cloughtonia

Parent taxon: Microschiza according to B. E. Buitrón-Sánchez and Y. López-Tinajero 1995

See also Allison 1955 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Microschiza arguta, Microschiza clathrata, Microschiza semiornata

Subtaxa: Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections)

• Jurassic of Madagascar (1), Poland (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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