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Cyanoplax dentiens

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Chiton dentiens was named by Gould (1846).

It was recombined as Lepidochitona dentiens by Berry (1922); it was recombined as Cyanoplax dentiens by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Chiton dentiens Gould
1922Lepidochitona dentiens Berry p. 438
2021Cyanoplax dentiens Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderChitoninaThiele 1910
familyIschnochitonidaeDall 1889
genusCyanoplaxPilsbry 1892
speciesdentiens(Gould 1846)

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 dentiens Gould 1846
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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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Cyanoplax dentiens (37933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Lepidochitona dentiens (138723)