Genus of molluscs
| Placiphorella |
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| Placiphorella velata |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Mopaliidae |
| Subfamily: | Mopaliinae |
| Genus: | Placiphorella
Dall, 1879 |
Placiphorella, the veiled chiton, is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs with precephalic tentacles,[1] which are used in feeding.[2]
See also
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References
- ^ Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). BRILL. ISBN 9789004074149.
- ^ "Feeding Behavior of the Chiton Placiphorella" (PDF). J. Molluscan Stud. 35 (1): 23–26. 1962.[dead link]
Taxon identifiers |
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| Placiphorella | - Wikidata: Q2548544
- Wikispecies: Placiphorella
- ADW: Placiphorella
- AFD: Placiphorella
- BOLD: 105241
- CoL: 7PCPP
- EoL: 57752
- GBIF: 2306020
- iNaturalist: 55355
- IRMNG: 1043138
- ITIS: 78999
- NCBI: 291908
- NZOR: df435870-7522-46e6-a994-08bee82c5566
- Open Tree of Life: 537134
- Paleobiology Database: 8107
- Plazi: 411A87B3-FF8B-9F05-FF7A-C57EFC7AFC82
- WoRMS: 138187
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