Lepidopleurida
Appearance
Lepidopleurida | |
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Leptochiton asellus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Subclass: | Loricata |
Order: | Lepidopleurida Thiele, 1910 |
Lepidopleurida is an order of molluscs belonging to the class Polyplacophora.[1] The order Lepidopleurida is the oldest group of polyplacophoran molluscs [2] Families:[1]
- Abyssochitonidae
- †Acutichitonidae
- Afossochitonidae
- †Camptochitonidae
- †Cymatochitonidae
- †Glyptochitonidae
- †Gryphochitonidae
- Hanleyidae
- †Heterochitonidae
- †Lekiskochitonidae
- Leptochitonidae
- †Llandeilochitonidae
- †Mesochitonidae
- Nierstraszellidae
- †Permochitonidae
- Protochitonidae
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lepidopleurida". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ 560–572. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS10028