Cryptoplax

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Cryptoplax
Temporal range: Miocene–Holocene [1]
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Cryptoplax iredalei. Museum specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Cryptoplacidae
Genus: Cryptoplax
De Blainville, 1818
Species

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Cryptoplax is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. [1] The genus consists of the following living species: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kaas, P., van Belle R. A. Monograph of living chitons. E. J. Brill Publishers 1985.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Schwabe, E. (2012). Cryptoplax Blainville, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205298 on 2012-02-11