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Lepidopleurida
| Description | Lepidopleurida is an order of molluscs belonging to the class Polyplacophora.The order Lepidopleurida is the oldest group of polyplacophoran molluscs Families: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidopleurida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Lepidopleurida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Lepidopleurida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidopleurida |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Abyssochitonidaefamily | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Acutichitonidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Afossochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Camptochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cymatochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Glyptochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gryphochitonidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 296 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Hanleyidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Heterochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lekiskochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Llandeilochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mesochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nierstraszellidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Permochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Protochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
References
| Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] - via World Register of Marine Species |
| WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
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!
