Loricella (chiton)

Loricella is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.[1] They are marine molluscs.[2]

This article is about chitons. For the fungal genus, see Loricella.

Loricella
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Polyplacophora
Subclass:
Neoloricata
Order:
Chitonida
Suborder:
Chitonina
Superfamily:
Chitonoidea
Family:
Loricidae
Genus:
Loricella

(Pilsbry, 1893)
Species

See text.

Taxonomy

Species in the genus include:

  • Loricella angasi (H. Adams in H. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Loricella dellangeloi Sirenko, 2008
  • Loricella eernissei Sirenko, 2008
  • Loricella oviformis (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  • Loricella profundior (Dell, 1956)
  • Loricella raceki (Milne, 1963)
  • Loricella scissurata (Xu, 1990)
  • Loricella vanbellei Sirenko, 2008
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References
  1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Loricella accessed 7 April 2010
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