Polyplacophora

Translingual

Polyplacophora sp.

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek poly- +‎ Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “tablet, plate”) +‎ -phora (“bearing, bearer”).

Proper noun

Polyplacophora

A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – chitons or sea cradles.

Synonyms

(class): Amphineura

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Chitonida, Lepidopleurina - orders

Coordinate terms

(class in Mollusca): Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres - classes

References

Polyplacophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polyplacophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polyplacophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Polyplacophora at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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