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| Plaxiphora albida from Tasmania on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Dorsal surface | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Mopaliidae |
| Subfamily: | Mopaliinae |
| Genus: | Plaxiphora Gray, 1847 |
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Plaxiphora is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.
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