Aculifera Temporal range:
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A polyplacophoran (chiton) | |
The aplacophoran Epimenia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Clade: |
Aculifera Hatschek, 1891 |
Classes | |
Aculifera (older name: Amphineura) is a proposed clade of molluscs incorporating those groups that have no conch or shell, that is, the Polyplacophora, Caudofoveata (= Chaetodermomorpha) and Solenogastres (= Neomeniomorpha). [1] It is sister to the Conchifera.
The oldest known aculiferan is Qaleruaqia, which was found in the Aftenstjernesø Formation in Greenland, which dates back to the Cambrian Stage 4. [2]
Aculifera Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
A polyplacophoran (chiton) | |
The aplacophoran Epimenia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Clade: |
Aculifera Hatschek, 1891 |
Classes | |
Aculifera (older name: Amphineura) is a proposed clade of molluscs incorporating those groups that have no conch or shell, that is, the Polyplacophora, Caudofoveata (= Chaetodermomorpha) and Solenogastres (= Neomeniomorpha). [1] It is sister to the Conchifera.
The oldest known aculiferan is Qaleruaqia, which was found in the Aftenstjernesø Formation in Greenland, which dates back to the Cambrian Stage 4. [2]