Mucrosquama is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur Francis Basset Hull.[1][2] The type species is Mucrosquama carnosus first described as Chiton carnosus by Angas in 1867.[1][2]
| Mucrosquama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chitonidae |
| Subfamily: | Chitoninae |
| Genus: | Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Mucrosquama carnosus (Angas, 1867)
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There are two species in this genus:[3]
- Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
- Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above.[3]
- Mucrosquama nielseni Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
- Mucrosquama sheardi Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
References
edit- ^ a b "Genus Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926". Australian Faunal Directory.
- ^ a b Tom Iredale; A.F. Bassett Hull (1926). "A monograph of the Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). VI". Australian Zoologist. 4: 182. ISSN 0067-2238. Wikidata Q111794233.
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.