Plaxiphora

Plaxiphora is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.[2][3] It is distributed in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans,[3] primarily in the south-temperate and subantarctic regions.[4]

Plaxiphora
Plaxiphora albida from Tasmania on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Dorsal surface
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Mopaliidae
Subfamily: Mopaliinae
Genus: Plaxiphora
Gray, 1847[1]
Species

22 species (see text)

Synonyms
  • Aerilamma

Species

There are 22 species:[2]

References

  1. Gray, John Edward (1847). "On the genera of the family Chitonidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 63–70.
  2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Plaxiphora Gray, 1847". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  3. "Plaxiphora Gray, 1847". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. Murdoch, R. C. (1982). "A new species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from southern New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 16 (2): 175–178. doi:10.1080/00288330.1982.9515960.

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