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Lepidopleurus nexus

Polyplacophora - Leptochitonidae

Taxonomy
Lepidochiton nexus was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lepidopleurus nexus by Willett (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Lepidochiton nexus Carpenter pp. 612, 650
1937Lepidopleurus nexus Willett pp. 384, 404

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
—Serialia
RankNameAuthor
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
suborderLepidopleurina
familyLeptochitonidaeDall 1889
subfamilyLeptochitoninaeDall 1889
genusLepidopleurusGray 1847
speciesnexus(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Lepidopleurus nexus Carpenter 1864
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lepidopleurus nexus (59063 219029)