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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) and Buitrón-Sánchez and López-Tinajero (1995).

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

Subtaxa
Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris
Species lacking formal opinion data
Microschiza rhaetica

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