Placiphorella

Placiphorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Family: Mopaliidae
Subfamily: Mopaliinae
Genus: Placiphorella
Dall, 1879

Placiphorella, the veiled chiton, is a polyplacophoran mollusc with precephalic tentacles,[1] which are used in feeding.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). ISBN 9789004074149.
  2. ↑ "Feeding Behavior of the Chiton Placiphorella" (PDF). J. Mollus. Stud. 35 (1): 23–26. 1962.
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