Biology:Multiplacophora
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Short description: Extinct order of molluscs
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | †Multiplacophora Hoare and Mapes, 1995[1] |
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Multiplacophora is a stem-group of chitons with a number of plates arranged in 7 rows along the body.[2] They date to at least the Upper Cambrian, but two lower Cambrian fossils- Ocruranus and Trachyplax - may extend the range downwards.[3]
Families and genera
- Family Hercolepadidae Dzik, 1986
- Genus Hercolepas Aurivillius, 1892
- Genus Protobalanus Hall and Clarke, 1888
- Family Strobilepidae Hoare and Mapes, 1995[1]
- Genus Aenigmatectus Hoare and Mapes, 1996
- Genus Deltaplax Puchalski, Johnson, Kauffman and Eernisse, 2009
- Genus Diadeloplax Hoare and Mapes, 1995[1]
- Genus Hannestheronia Vinther, Jell, Kampouris, Carney, Racicot & Briggs, 2012[4]
- Genus Polysacos Vendrasco, Wood and Runnegar, 2004[2]
- Genus Strobilepis Clarke in Hall and Clarke, 1888
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hoare, Richard D.; Mapes, Royal H. (1995). "Relationships of the Devonian Strobilepis and related Pennsylvanian problematica". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40 (2): 111–128. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app40/app40-111.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vendrasco, M. J.; Wood, T. E.; Runnegar, B. N. (2004). "Articulated Palaeozoic fossil with 17 plates greatly expands disparity of early chitons". Nature 429 (6989): 288–291. doi:10.1038/nature02548. PMID 15152250. Bibcode: 2004Natur.429..288V.
- ↑ Larsson, C. M.; Peel, J. S.; Högström, A. E. S. (2009). "Trachyplax arctica, a New Multiplated Problematic Fossil from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 (3): 513. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0026.
- ↑ VINTHER, JAKOB; JELL, PETER; KAMPOURIS, GEORGE; CARNEY, RYAN; RACICOT, RACHEL A.; BRIGGS, DEREK E. G. (2012). "The origin of multiplacophorans – convergent evolution in Aculiferan molluscs". Palaeontology 55 (5): 1007–1019. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01180.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q15076861 entry
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