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Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Natica scalaris was named by Conrad in Lynch (1852).

It was recombined as Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris by Allison (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cloughtonia pyramidalis, M. inflata, M. rhaetica, M. heybroecki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Natica scalaris Conrad in Lynch p. 234 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 50
1955Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris Allison p. 413 figs. Pl. 41, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusMicroschizaGemmellaro 1876
subgenusCloughtonia(Hudleston 1882)
speciesscalaris(Conrad in Lynch 1852)

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.

†Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris Conrad in Lynch 1852
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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 14:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 119.57000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Microschiza scalaris (1890)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Jalisco) Microschiza scalaris (115254 115255)