Lorica (genus)

Lorica (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Lorica"
status =


image_width =
regnum = Animalia
subregnum = Metazoa
branch = Bilateria
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Chitonida
subordo = Chitonina
familia = Loricidae
genus = "Lorica"
genus_authority = Adams and Adams, 1852
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Lorica" is a genus of chitons in the family Loricidae.

The shells have the apex of the head valve recurved like a short spout, and a deep sinus in the tail valve. The head valve has eight slits, the median valves have a single slit on each side, and the tail valve have no slits. The girdle is thick and leathery, densely covered with short, blunt, horny spines, and there is a deep posterior slit.

"Lorica" species are found around Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand.

pecies

* "Lorica haurakiensis" Mestayer, 1921
* "Lorica volvox" (Reeve, 1847)

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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