Biology:Strobilepis

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Strobilepis
Temporal range: Mid Devonian – Pennsylvanian[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Multiplacophora
Genus: Strobilepis
Clarke in Hall & Clarke, 1888
Species:
S. spinigera
Binomial name
Strobilepis spinigera
Clarke in Hall & Clarke, 1888

Strobilepis is an extinct genus of Devonian-Carboniferous Multiplacophoran bearing close similarity to Polysacos.

References

  1. 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/article/item/app40-111.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7624204 entry