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Tripoplax

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Ischnochiton (Tripoplax) was named by Berry (1919). It is extant.

It was reranked as Tripoplax by Clark (2008).

It was assigned to Ischnochiton by Berry (1919); and to Ischnochitonidae by Clark (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Ischnochiton (Tripoplax) Berry p. 1
2008Tripoplax Clark

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
familyIschnochitonidaeDall 1889
genusTripoplax(Berry 1919)

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.

G. Tripoplax Berry 1919
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Tripoplax regularis Carpenter 1855
Tripoplax trifida Carpenter 1864
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Ischnochiton regularis (138723) Ischnochiton trifidus (200409 223325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ischnochiton regularis (222660 222674)