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Microschiza (Cloughtonia)

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Cloughtonia was named by Hudleston (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie J Tith-u].

It was reranked as Microschiza (Cloughtonia) by Allison (1955), Buitrón-Sánchez and López-Tinajero (1995).

It was assigned to Microschiza by Allison (1955), Buitrón-Sánchez and López-Tinajero (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cloughtonia pyramidalis, Microschiza heybroecki, Microschiza inflata, Microschiza rhaetica
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2016-03-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Cloughtonia Hudleston
1955Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Allison p. 412 figs. pl. 41 figs. 1, 2
1995Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Buitrón-Sánchez and López-Tinajero p. 159
2002Cloughtonia Sepkoski

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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)

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.

Subg. †Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Hudleston 1882
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†Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris Conrad in Lynch 1852
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 165.30000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Cloughtonia pyramidalis (98185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Cloughtonia sp. (66972)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Microschiza scalaris (1890)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Jalisco) Microschiza scalaris (115254 115255)