Loricella
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Loricella (chiton)
This article is about chitons. For the fungal genus, see Loricella.
| Loricella Fossil range: Miocene–Recent[1] |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Subclass: | Neoloricata |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Superfamily: | Chitonoidea |
| Family: | Loricidae |
| Genus: | Loricella (Pilsbry, 1893) |
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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
- ^ a b 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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