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Cyanoplax

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Cyanoplax was named by Pilsbry (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Callochitonidae by Berry (1922); to Ischnochitonidae by Abbott (1974); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Cyanoplax Pilsbry
1922Cyanoplax Berry p. 435
1974Cyanoplax Abbott p. 398
2002Cyanoplax Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
familyIschnochitonidaeDall 1889
genusCyanoplaxPilsbry 1892

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.

G. Cyanoplax Pilsbry 1892
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Cyanoplax dentiens Gould 1846
Cyanoplax hartwegii Carpenter 1855
Cyanoplax keepiana Berry 1948 [keep's chiton]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) C. dentiens (37933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Lepidochitona dentiens (138723) Lepidochitona keepiana (202492 202493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. hartwegii (207041 219030) Lepidochitona keepiana (96589) Lepidochitona keepiana, C. hartwegii (160361)