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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordo: Ischnochitonina

Familia: Schizochitonidae
Genus: Loricella
Species: L. angasi – L. profundior
Name
Loricella Pilsbry, 1893

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

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

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