Maikhanellidae

Extinct family of molluscs

Maikhanellidae
Temporal range: Early Cambrian
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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.[1]

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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