Lorica
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Lorica (genus)
| Lorica Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent[1] |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Neoloricata |
| Family: | Schizochitonidae |
| Genus: | Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852 |
Unrecognised rank: Unrecognised rank:
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L. haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921
L. volvox (Reeve, 1847)
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Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.[1]
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Species
L. haurakiensis
This species is rare.
L. volvox
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Extinct representatives
Extinct representatives of the genus are known from the Cretaceous of America and the Eocene & Miocene of Oceania.<
References
- ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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