Biology:Mucrosquama
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Short description: Genus of molluscs
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Polyplacophora |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chitonida |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chitonidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chitoninae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Mucrosquama carnosus (Angas, 1867)
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Mucrosquama is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur Francis Basset Hull.[1][2] The type species is Mucrosquama carnosus first described as Chiton carnosus by Angas in 1867.[1][2]
There are two species in this genus:[3]
- Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
- Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above.[3]
- Mucrosquama nielseni Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
- Mucrosquama sheardi Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Mucrosquama.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , pp. 182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710233, Wikidata Q111794233
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385599.
Wikidata ☰ Q111774672 entry
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