Polyplacophora - Paleoloricata
Full reference: L. Cherns. 1998. Silurian polyplacophoran molluscs from Gotland, Sweden. Palaeontology 41(5):23-31
Parent taxon: Paleoloricata according to L. Cherns 1998
Sister taxa: Alastega, Arctoplax, Aulochitonidae, Bursata, Chelodina, Cobcrephora, Echinochitonidae, Hawthorneachiton, Kulindroplax, Mattheviidae, Phthipodochiton, Plectrochiton, Priscochiton, Probolaeum, Septemchiton, Septemchitonida, Solenocaris
Subtaxa: Thairoplax birhombivalvis Thairoplax merriami Thairoplax pelta
Type: Thairoplax pelta
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Silurian of Sweden (2 collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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