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Mopalia ciliata (hairy chiton)

Polyplacophora - Mopaliidae

Taxonomy
Chiton ciliatus was named by Sowerby (1840).

It was recombined as Mopalia ciliata by Berry (1922), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Chiton ciliatus Sowerby
1922Mopalia ciliata Berry p. 449
2021Mopalia ciliata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
suborderIschnochitonina(Bergenhayn 1930)
familyMopaliidaeDall 1889
genusMopaliaGray 1847
speciesciliata(Sowerby 1840)

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.

Mopalia ciliata Sowerby 1840 [hairy 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: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Mopalia ciliata (138719 201624)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Mopalia ciliata (37933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mopalia ciliata (202492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mopalia ciliata (37673 202490 202936 207041 222660 222973)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mopalia ciliata (96591)