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Cyanoplax keepiana (keep's chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Lepidochitona keepiana was named by Berry (1948). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cyanoplax keepiana by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Lepidochitona keepiana Berry
1974Lepidochitona keepiana Abbott p. 397
2021Cyanoplax keepiana 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
genusCyanoplaxPilsbry 1892
specieskeepiana(Berry 1948)

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 keepiana Berry 1948 [keep's 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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Lepidochitona keepiana (202492 202493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lepidochitona keepiana (96589 160361)