Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Mopaliidae > Subfamily Mopaliinae

Placiphorella Dall, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & S. I. Smith in Verrill, 1882)

Literature

basis of record	Clark R.N. (1994) Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with descriptions of two new species. The Veliger 37(3): 290-311. [1 July 1994]
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
additional source	Saito H. & Okutani T. (1989) Revision on shallow-water species of the genus Placiphorella (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) from Japan. The Veliger 32(2): 209-227. [3 April 1989]
additional source	McLean J.H. 1962. Feeding behavior of the chiton Placiphorella. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 35: 23-26

Genbank

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2014). Placiphorella Dall, 1879. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138187