Cimoliocentrum Cossmann 1909 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae

Synonym: Centrogonia Cossmann 1899 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Purpurinidae according to A. V. Guzhov 2004

See also Cossmann 1909 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Angularia, Leviathania, Microschiza, Moerckeia, Ochetochilus, Parangularia, Protofusus, Pseudoscalites, Purpurina, Purpuroidea, Tretospira, Werfenella

Subtaxa: Cimoliocentrum cureti

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Type: Centrogonia cureti

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Orgon (Jurassic of France)

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