Tryblidiida

Tryblidiida
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene– Recent[1]
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The holotype of Neopilina galatheae at the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Subclass: Tergomya
Order: Tryblidiida
Families

Tryblidiida is a taxon of monoplacophoran molluscans containing the only extant representatives: 37 species are still alive today, inhabiting the ocean at depths of between 175 and 6,400 metres (574 and 21,000 ft).[2]

  1. ^ TAVIANI, M., B. SABELLI, and F. CANDINI. 1990: A fossil Cenozoic monoplacophoran. Lethaia 23:213–216.
  2. ^ Lindberg, D. R. (2009). "Monoplacophorans and the Origin and Relationships of Mollusks" (PDF). Evolution: Education and Outreach. 2 (2): 191–203. doi:10.1007/s12052-009-0125-4.