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Polyplacophora Neoloricata MOPALIIDAE
Placophora atlantica Verrill & Smith, 1882Type 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.