Biology:Mucrosquama

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Short description: Genus of molluscs

Mucrosquama
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Subfamily: Chitoninae
Genus: Mucrosquama
Iredale & Hull, 1926
Type species
Mucrosquama carnosus
(Angas, 1867)

Mucrosquama is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur Francis Basset Hull.[1][2] The type species is Mucrosquama carnosus first described as Chiton carnosus by Angas in 1867.[1][2]

There are two species in this genus:[3]

  • Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
  • Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)

Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above.[3]

  • Mucrosquama nielseni Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
  • Mucrosquama sheardi Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q111774672 entry