Lepidopleurus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of molluscs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Paleocene|Miocene|latest=recent|ref={{Fossil chiton catalogue}}}}
| taxon = Lepidopleurus
| authority = Risso, 1826
| subdivision = See text
}}
Lepidopleurus is an extant{{Cite journal | last1 = Vendrasco | first1 = M. J. | last2 = Fernandez | first2 = C. Z. | last3 = Eernisse | first3 = D. J. | last4 = Runnegar | first4 = B. | title = Aesthete canal morphology in the Mopaliidae (Polyplacophora)* | doi = 10.4003/0740-2783-25.1.51 | journal = American Malacological Bulletin | volume = 25 | pages = 51–69 | year = 2008 | s2cid = 86123247 }} genus of chitons in the family Leptochitonidae.
Species
- Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791)
- Lepidopleurus fairchildi Iredale & Hull, 1929
- Lepidopleurus finlayi (Ashby, 1929)
- Lepidopleurus inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
- Lepidopleurus otagoensis Iredale & Hull, 1929
- Lepidopleurus pergranatus
References
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- {{ITIS |id=78825 |taxon=Lepidopleurus}}
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
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Category:Paleocene first appearances
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