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Cryptoplax

Cryptoplax is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. The genus consists of the following living species:Cryptoplax burrowi E. A. Smith, 1884 Cryptoplax caledonicus Rochebrune, 1882 Cryptoplax dawydoffi Leloup, 1937 Cryptoplax dimidiata Ang, 1967 Cryptoplax dupuisi Ashby, 1931 Cryptoplax elioti Pilsbry, 1901 Cryptoplax hartmeyeri Thiele, 1911 Cryptoplax iredalei Ashby, 1923 Cryptoplax japonica Pilsbry, 1901 Cryptoplax larvaeformis Burrow, 1815 Cryptoplax mystica Iredale & Hull, 1925 Cryptoplax oculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 Cryptoplax plana Ang, 1967 Cryptoplax propior Is. & Iw. Taki, 1930 Cryptoplax royana Iredale & Hull, 1925 Cryptoplax striata Lamarck, 1819 Cryptoplax sykesi Thiele, 1909

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Cryptoplax
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Cryptoplax iredalei. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Cryptoplacidae
Genus: Cryptoplax
De Blainville, 1818
Species

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Cryptoplax is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.1 The genus consists of the following living species:2

  • Cryptoplax burrowi E. A. Smith, 1884
  • Cryptoplax caledonicus Rochebrune, 1882
  • Cryptoplax dawydoffi Leloup, 1937
  • Cryptoplax dimidiata Ang, 1967
  • Cryptoplax dupuisi Ashby, 1931
  • Cryptoplax elioti Pilsbry, 1901
  • Cryptoplax hartmeyeri Thiele, 1911
  • Cryptoplax iredalei Ashby, 1923
  • Cryptoplax japonica Pilsbry, 1901
  • Cryptoplax larvaeformis Burrow, 1815
  • Cryptoplax mystica Iredale & Hull, 1925
  • Cryptoplax oculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
  • Cryptoplax plana Ang, 1967
  • Cryptoplax propior Is. & Iw. Taki, 1930
  • Cryptoplax royana Iredale & Hull, 1925
  • Cryptoplax striata Lamarck, 1819
  • Cryptoplax sykesi Thiele, 1909
References

References

  1. Kaas, P., van Belle R. A. Monograph of living chitons. E. J. Brill Publishers 1985.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Schwabe, E. (2012). Cryptoplax Blainville, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205298 on 2012-02-11