Loricella (chiton)

Loricella Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Loricidae
Genus:	Loricella Pilsbry, 1893
Species
See text

Loricella is a genus of chitons in the family Loricidae. They are marine molluscs.[2]

Taxonomy

Species in the genus include:

• Loricella angasi (H. Adams in H. Adams & Angas, 1864)
• Loricella dellangeloi Sirenko, 2008
• Loricella eernissei Sirenko, 2008
• Loricella oviformis (Nierstrasz, 1905)
• Loricella profundior (Dell, 1956)
• Loricella raceki (Milne, 1963)
• Loricella scissurata (Xu, 1990)
• Loricella vanbellei Sirenko, 2008

References

1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Loricella accessed 7 April 2010