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Soleachiton yochelsoni

Polyplacophora - Acutichitonidae

Taxonomy
Soleachiton yochelsoni was named by Hoare and Smith (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 330848, a valve (Tail valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM703a1, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Soleachiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Soleachiton yochelsoni Hoare and Smith p. 90 fig. 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
suborderLepidopleurina
familyAcutichitonidae
genusSoleachiton
speciesyochelsoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Soleachiton yochelsoni Hoare and Smith 1984
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Diagnosis
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