Notoplax

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Notoplax
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent [1]
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.115116 - Craspedochiton rubiginosus (Swainson MS, Hutton, 1872) - Acanthochitonidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Preserved specimen of Notoplax rubiginosa , formerly called Craspedochiton rubiginosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Notoplax
H. Adams, 1862
Species

See text.

Synonyms [2]
  • Acanthochiton (Notoplax)
  • Aristochiton Thiele, 1909
  • Cryptoplax (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1861 (basionym)
  • Eoplax Ashby & Cotton, 1936 †
  • Loboplax Pilsbry, 1893
  • Macandrellus Dall, 1879

Notoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae. [2]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN   90 6279 018 6.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Schwabe, E. (2012). Notoplax. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206244 on 2012-04-17