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Stenoplax heathiana

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Stenoplax heathiana was named by Berry (1946). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Stenoplax heathiana Berry
2021Stenoplax heathiana 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
genusStenoplaxCarpenter 1879
speciesheathianaBerry 1946

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.

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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Stenoplax heathiana (202495 202496)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Stenoplax heathiana (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Stenoplax heathiana (202490 202491)