Biology:Plaxiphora
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Short description: Genus of molluscs
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| Plaxiphora albida from Tasmania on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Dorsal surface | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Mopaliidae |
| Subfamily: | Mopaliinae |
| Genus: | Plaxiphora Gray, 1847[1] |
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22 species (see text) | |
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Plaxiphora is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.[2][3] It is distributed in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans,[3] primarily in the south-temperate and subantarctic regions.[4]
Species
There are 22 species:[2]
References
- ↑ Gray, John Edward (1847). "On the genera of the family Chitonidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 63–70. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/244290.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Plaxiphora Gray, 1847". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385603.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Plaxiphora Gray, 1847". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2306030.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Murdoch, R. C. (1982). "A new species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from southern New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 16 (2): 175–178. doi:10.1080/00288330.1982.9515960.
Further reading
- Discover Life
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q3073558 entry
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