Biology:Placiphorella

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Short description: Genus of molluscs

Placiphorella
Placiphorella velata.jpg
Placiphorella velata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Mopaliidae
Subfamily: Mopaliinae
Genus: Placiphorella
Dall, 1879

Placiphorella, the veiled chiton, is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs with precephalic tentacles,[1] which are used in feeding.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). BRILL. ISBN 9789004074149. https://books.google.com/books?id=CKautf2EUPkC. 
  2. ↑ "Feeding Behavior of the Chiton Placiphorella". J. Molluscan Stud. 35 (1): 23–26. 1962. http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/1/23.full.pdf. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

Wikidata ☰ Q2548544 entry




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