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Gryphochiton asamiae

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Gryphochitonidae

Taxonomy
Gryphochiton asamiae was named by Hoare and Karasawa (2008). Its type specimen is MFM250001, a partial shell (tail plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ichihashi Quarry, Kinshozan, Akasaka, which is in a Capitanian shallow subtidal packstone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Gryphochiton asamiae Hoare and Karasawa p. 322 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderCymatochitoninaSirenko and Starobogatov 1977
familyGryphochitonidae
genusGryphochiton
speciesasamiae

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.

†Gryphochiton asamiae Hoare and Karasawa 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available