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Leptochiton clarki

Polyplacophora - Leptochitonidae

Taxonomy
Leptochiton clarki was named by Berry (1922). Its type specimen is CAS 3987 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long wharf, Santa Monica, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Leptochiton clarki Berry p. 427 figs. Plate 1, fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
suborderLepidopleurina
familyLeptochitonidaeDall 1889
genusLeptochitonGray 1847
speciesclarki

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.

†Leptochiton clarki Berry 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Leptochiton clarki (type locality: 138821)