Heloplacidae

Extinct family of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Heloplacidae are a group of plated aplacophora known from Silurian deposits. Their best understood representative, Acaenoplax, can be taken as representative of the family; it is the only genus for which soft part anatomy is known.[1][2]

Phylum:Mollusca
Family:Heloplacidae
Cherns, 2004
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Heloplacidae
Temporal range: Silurian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: incertae sedis
Family: Heloplacidae
Cherns, 2004
Genera
  • Acaenoplax Sutton et al, 2001
  • Arctoplax Cherns, 1998
  • Enetoplax Cherns, 1998
  • Emo? Sutton et al, 2025
  • Heloplax Cherns, 1998
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