Loricella (chiton)
This article is about chitons. For the fungal genus, see Loricella.
Loricella Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Subclass: | Neoloricata |
Order: | Chitonida |
Superfamily: | Chitonoidea |
Family: | Loricidae |
Genus: | Loricella (Pilsbry, 1893) |
Species | |
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Loricella is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.[1] They are marine molluscs.[2]
Taxonomy
Species in the genus include:
- Loricella angasi (H. Adams in H. Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Loricella dellangeloi Sirenko, 2008
- Loricella eernissei Sirenko, 2008
- Loricella oviformis (Nierstrasz, 1905)
- Loricella profundior (Dell, 1956)
- Loricella raceki (Milne, 1963)
- Loricella scissurata (Xu, 1990)
- Loricella vanbellei Sirenko, 2008
References
- 1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Loricella accessed 7 April 2010
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