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Leptoplax

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3246346	https://www.gbif.org/species/3246346
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60825	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60825

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Chitonida : Acanthochitonidae : Leptoplax

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Neoloricata : Acanthochitonidae : Leptoplax

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
-	Serialia	Giribet et al. 2006
class	Polyplacophora	de Blainville 1816
order	Neoloricata	Bergenhayn 1955
suborder	Acanthochitonina	Bergenhayn 1930
family	Acanthochitonidae	Pilsbry 1893
genus	Leptoplax	Dall 1882

Scientific Name

Leptoplax Dall, 1882

Name Published In

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 4, 283

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leptoplax	genus	belongs to Acanthochitonidae	implied	Wells and Houston, 2001

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Polyplacophora)

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Polyplacophora)

Vision

limited (based on Polyplacophora)

Diet

grazer (based on Polyplacophora)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Polyplacophora)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Wells and W. W. K. Houston. 2001. Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca 17(2)

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Leptoplax coarctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax curvisetosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax doederleini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax nhatrangi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax richardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax rubromaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax tongkingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax unica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax varia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax verconis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptoplax wilsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

References

Wells A., Houston W. W. K. (2001) , Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca 17 2

Australian Faunal Directory (August 2007), PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CAAB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 4, 283 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sirenko B.I. & Saito H. (2017). New species of chitons of the superfamily Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Vietnamese waters. Zootaxa. 4299(4): 451-506. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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