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Calloplax roederi

Polyplacophora - Chaetopleuridae

Taxonomy
Calloplax roederi was named by Vendrasco et al. (2022). Its type specimen is LACMIP 43085.47, a valve (tail valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Super Creek "Imperial" Formation, which is in a Messinian marine siltstone in the "Imperial" Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Calloplax roederi Vendrasco et al. p. 1054 figs. Figures 5.1-5.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
familyChaetopleuridaePlate 1899
genusCalloplaxThiele 1909
speciesroederi

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Calloplax roederi Vendrasco et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. J. Vendrasco et al. 2022Head valve and post-mucronal area of tail valve with neat rows of distinct, domical granules. Pre-mucronal area of tail valve with pronounced wavy, branching, longitudinal ridges. Mucro of tail valve just posterior to midpoint.