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Microschiza

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Microschiza was named by Gemmellaro (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi K Turo].

It was assigned to Pseudomelaniidae by Allison (1955) and Kase (1984); to Purpurinidae by Fischer and Weber (1997); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. (Cloughtonia), M. arguta, M. clathrata, M. semiornata
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. rhaetica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Microschiza Gemmellaro
1955Microschiza Allison p. 412
1984Microschiza Kase p. 110
1997Microschiza Fischer and Weber
2002Microschiza Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusMicroschizaGemmellaro 1876

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Microschiza Gemmellaro 1876
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Subg. †Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Hudleston 1882
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†Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris Conrad in Lynch 1852
†Microschiza arguta Böhm 1895
†Microschiza clathrata Deshayes 1855
†Microschiza semiornata Goldfuss 1844
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 242.00000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy M. arguta (138255)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Gmunden) M. rhaetica (234040)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Vienna) M. rhaetica (233865)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. semiornata (90443)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Littorina clathrata (53947)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Luxembourg M. clathrata (149756)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile M. sp. (58434)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Cloughtonia pyramidalis (98185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Cloughtonia sp. (66972)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary M. inflata (25151)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Albania M. heybroecki (67437)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) M. scalaris (1890)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain M. sp. (64795)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico (Jalisco) M. scalaris (115254 115255)