Lorica (genus)
| Lorica Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Order: | Neoloricata |
| Family: | Schizochitonidae |
| Genus: | Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852 |
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Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.[1]
Species
L. haurakiensis
This species is rare.
Extinct representatives
Extinct representatives of the genus are known from the Cretaceous of America and the Eocene & Miocene of Oceania.<
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1