Chelodes

Chelodes
Temporal range: Ordovician–Silurian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Order: Paleoloricata
Family: Mattheviidae
Genus: Chelodes
Davidson & King, 1874
Species
  • C. whitehousei
  • C. bergnianni Davidson & King
  • C. gotlandicus Lindstrom

Chelodes is a genus of Palaeozoic mollusc made up of serially repeated monoplacophoran-like valves.


Synonyms: Eochelodes, Praecanthochiton Bergenhayn 1960, Preacanthochiton Bergenhayn 1960[2]


References

  1. Webby, B. D (2004). The great Ordovician biodiversification event. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12678-6.
  2. all about chelodes


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