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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Aplacophora |
| Genus: | †Kulindroplax Sutton, Briggs, Siveter, Siveter and Sigwart, 2012[1] |
| Species: | †K. perissokomos
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| †Kulindroplax perissokomos Sutton, Briggs, Siveter, Siveter and Sigwart, 2012
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Kulindroplax perissokomos is a Silurian mollusk, known from a single fossil from the Coalbrookdale Formation fauna of England. It lived during the Homerian Age (about 425 million years ago).[1] It is considered a basal aplacophoran. Unlike all modern aplacophorans, which are shell-less, Kulindroplax has a chiton-like shell, and it is considered a transitional fossil in the evolution of molluscs.[2][3]
The only known specimen, described in 2012, was conserved at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.[1]
- ^ a b c Sutton, M. D.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Siveter, D. J.; Siveter, D. J.; Sigwart, J. D. (2012). "A Silurian armoured aplacophoran and implications for molluscan phylogeny". Nature. 490 (7418): 94–97. Bibcode:2012Natur.490...94S. doi:10.1038/nature11328. PMID 23038472. S2CID 4422386.
- ^ "Ancient mollusk tells a contrary story". Yale News. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Mollusc missing link revealed in 3D". Imperial College London. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.