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Lepidochitona keepiana


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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)293971https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=293971
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Neoloricata : Ischnochitonidae : Lepidochitona : Lepidochitona keepiana
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
-SerialiaGiribet et al. 2006
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderChitoninaThiele 1910
familyIschnochitonidaeDall 1889
subfamilyLepidochitoninae
genusLepidochitonaGray 1821
speciesLepidochitona keepianaBerry 1948
Common Namekeep's chiton
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lepidochitona keepianaspeciesbelongs to Lepidochitonastated with evidenceBerry, 1948
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.78 - 0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentmarine,brackish (based on Polyplacophora)
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Polyplacophora)
Visionlimited (based on Polyplacophora)
Dietgrazer (based on Polyplacophora)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Polyplacophora)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. T. Abbott. 1974. American Seashells: The marine Mollusca of the Alantic and Pacific coasts of North America

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1948Lepidochitona keepiana Berry
1974Lepidochitona keepiana Abbott p. 397

References

Abbott R. T. (1974) , American Seashells: The marine Mollusca of the Alantic and Pacific coasts of North America, 1-663
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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