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Lepidozona

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Lepidozona was named by Pilsbry (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ng R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) by Dickerson (1921), Berry (1922), Oldroyd (1925).

It was assigned to Ischnochiton by Dickerson (1921), Berry (1922), Oldroyd (1925); to Ischnochitonidae by Abbott (1974); to Chaetopleurinae by Wells and Houston (2001); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Lepidozona Pilsbry
1921Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) Dickerson
1922Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) Berry p. 471
1925Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) Oldroyd p. 22
1974Lepidozona Abbott p. 395
2001Lepidozona Wells and Houston p. 68
2002Lepidozona 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
genusLepidozonaPilsbry 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. Lepidozona Pilsbry 1892
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†Lepidozona cooperi Carpenter 1879
†Lepidozona cowlitzensis Dell'Angelo et al. 2011
†Lepidozona mertensii Middendorff 1846
Lepidozona scrobiculata Middendorff 1847
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Invalid names: Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) sinudentatus Carpenter 1892 [synonym]
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 Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan L. sp. (44958)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Ischnochiton cooperi, Ischnochiton mertensii, Ischnochiton sinudentatus (138719)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) L. pectinulatus (96590)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Ischnochiton pectinulatus (138721) Ischnochiton sanctaemonicae, Ischnochiton pectinulatus (138821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) L. sp., L. californiensis (37933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Ischnochiton cooperi (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) L. sp. (89573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico L. cooperi (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) L. pectinulatus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ischnochiton cooperi (202936 207041 222968 222973) Ischnochiton sanctaemonicae (59063) Ischnochiton sanctaemonicae, Ischnochiton pectinulatus (96566) L. brunnea (160361)