Loricella (chiton)

This article is about chitons. For the fungal genus, see Loricella.
Loricella
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Neoloricata
Order: Chitonida
Superfamily: Chitonoidea
Family: Loricidae
Genus: Loricella
(Pilsbry, 1893)
Species

See text.

Loricella is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.[1] They are marine molluscs.[2]

Taxonomy

Species in the genus include:

References

  1. 1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Loricella accessed 7 April 2010
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