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Stegochiton coxi

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae

Taxonomy
Stegochiton coxi was named by Hoare and Smith (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 330887, a valve (Intermediate valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM720g, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian slope limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Stegochiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Stegochiton coxi Hoare and Smith p. 99 figs. 10A-I

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

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.

†Stegochiton coxi Hoare and Smith 1984
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Diagnosis
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