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Polyplacophora Neoloricata MOPALIIDAE 

Placophora atlantica Verrill & Smith, 1882

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Verrill, A. E. & Smith, S. I. 1882. p. 365
USNM ,US National Museum, Smithsonian Institute USNM 106921 holotype Off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts (40°01'N., 68°54'W.).

Keywords

Original Epithet:  atlantica
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Verrill, A. E. & Smith, S. I. 1882.  
Original Text Name:  Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica
Original Genus:  Placophora
Status of Name: Synonym       Clark, R. N. 1994.  

References

 Clark, R. N. 1994.  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Polyplacophora Blainville, 1816
            Neoloricata Bergenhayn, 1955
              Ischnochitonina
                MOPALIIDAE Pilsbry, 1893
                  Unplaced
                    Placiphorella Carpenter in Dall, 1879
                      Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
                        Placophora atlantica Verrill & Smith, 1882

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=71245) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.