Placiphorella Carpenter in Dall 1879
- Dataset
- Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Polyplacophora
- order
- Chitonida
- family
- Mopaliidae
- genus
- Placiphorella
materials_examined
Type species. Placiphorella velata Carpenter MS, OD Dall 1879. Genus distribution and range. NW and NE Pacific Ocean (shallow water species, from intertidal zone to 60 m depth), Pacific Ocean, from the Bering Sea to New Zealand and Chile, South Indian Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean (deep-water species, from depth 100 to 2000 m). Miocene – Recent.