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Cyanoplax hartwegii (Hartweg's chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Chiton hartwegii was named by Carpenter (1855).

It was recombined as Lepidochitona hartwegi by Valentine and Meade (1961); it was recombined as Cyanoplax hartwegii by Berry (1922), Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Chiton hartwegii Carpenter
1922Cyanoplax hartwegii Berry p. 435
1961Lepidochitona hartwegi Valentine and Meade p. 11
2021Cyanoplax hartwegii Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
—Serialia
RankNameAuthor
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
familyIschnochitonidaeDall 1889
genusCyanoplaxPilsbry 1892
specieshartwegii(Carpenter 1855)

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.

†Cyanoplax hartwegii Carpenter 1855 [Hartweg's chiton]
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cyanoplax hartwegii (160361 207041 219030)