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Mopalia acuta

Polyplacophora - Mopaliidae

Taxonomy
Chiton acutus was named by Carpenter (1855).

It was recombined as Mopalia muscosa acuta by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Mopalia acuta by Berry (1922), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Chiton acutus Carpenter
1922Mopalia acuta Berry p. 446
1925Mopalia muscosa acuta Oldroyd p. 22
2021Mopalia acuta 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
speciesacuta(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.

Mopalia acuta Carpenter 1855
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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 (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Mopalia acuta (138719 138720)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Mopalia acuta (138821)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mopalia acuta (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mopalia acuta (59063 96566 160361)