''Chelodes'' is a genus of
Palaeozoic molluscs made up of serially repeated
monoplacophoran
Monoplacophora , meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic superclass of molluscs with a cap-like shell inhabiting deep sea environments . Extant representatives were not recognized as such until 1952; previously they were known only from th ...
-like valves.
Synonyms: Eochelodes, Praecanthochiton Bergenhayn 1960, Preacanthochiton Bergenhayn 1960
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References
Prehistoric chiton genera
Ordovician first appearances
Silurian extinctions
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