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Lekiskochiton fornicis

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae

Taxonomy
Lekiskochiton fornicis was named by Hoare and Smith (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 330863, a valve (Tail valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM726d, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Lekiskochiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Lekiskochiton fornicis Hoare and Smith p. 95 figs. 7O-X

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderLepidopleurina
familyLepidopleuridaePilsbry 1892
genusLekiskochiton
speciesfornicis

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.

†Lekiskochiton fornicis Hoare and Smith 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available