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Euleptochiton R. D. Hoare & Mapes, 1985 †
1737530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1737530)
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Genus
Pterochiton spatulatus R. D. Hoare, Sturgeon & T. B. Hoare, 1972 † accepted as Euleptochiton spatulatus (R. D. Hoare, Sturgeon & T. B. Hoare, 1972) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
Hoare, R. D.; Mapes, R. H. (1985). New Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from North America. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 59(4): 875-881.
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Etymology euleptos, Greek for primitive, small + chiton, Greek for tunic
Etymology euleptos, Greek for primitive, small + chiton, Greek for tunic [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euleptochiton R. D. Hoare & Mapes, 1985 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1737530 on 2025-06-30
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Hoare, R. D.; Mapes, R. H. (1985). New Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from North America. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 59(4): 875-881.
page(s): 875 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. (1997). The importance of the development of articulamentum for taxonomy of chitons. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 7(1): 1-24.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 875 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Sirenko B.I. (1997). The importance of the development of articulamentum for taxonomy of chitons. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 7(1): 1-24.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology euleptos, Greek for primitive, small + chiton, Greek for tunic [details]
