| Lorica Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Schizochitonidae |
| Genus: | Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852 |
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Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.
Species
L. haurakiensis
This rare species is present in New Zealand.
L. volvox
Synonym: Chiton rudis Hutton, 1872 This species can reach a length of about 20.9 millimetres (0.82 in). It is present in Australia (New South Wales).
Extinct representatives
Extinct representatives of the genus are known from the Cretaceous of America and the Eocene & Miocene of Oceania.<
References
- ^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
- ^ WoRMS
- Museum of New Zealand
- Lorica volvox at WoRMS
- Encyclopedia of life
- Biodiversity Library
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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