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Kraterochiton magnificus

Polyplacophora - Acutichitonidae

Taxonomy
Kraterochiton magnificus was named by Hoare (2000). Its type specimen is UM 2730, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia. It is the type species of Kraterochiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Kraterochiton magnificus Hoare p. 571 fig. 1.1–1.12

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

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.

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Diagnosis
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