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Maikhanellidae

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Extinct family of molluscs

Maikhanellidae
Temporal range: Early Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Family: †Maikhanellidae

The Maikhanellidae are a family of Early Cambrian monoplacophora with a limpet-like morphology.

References

  1. "A remarkable similarity in scaly shell structure in Early Cambrian univalved limpets (Monoplacophora; Maikhanellidae) and a Recent fissurellid limpet (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a review of Maikhanellidae". Molluscan Research. 27 (3): 129–139.
Taxon identifiers
Maikhanellidae


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