Septemchitonidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | †Paleoloricata |
Suborder: | †Septemchitonina |
Family: | †Septemchitonidae Bergenhayn, 1955 |
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Septemchitonidae is an extinct family of chitons (Polyplacophora) known from Europe and North America.[1] Morphologically, the clade is defined by rectangular plates,[2] and the upside-down V-shape of species' valves when viewed in cross-section.[3]