Pilina
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Pilina is an extinct genus of paleozoic monoplacophora
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Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora, meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic class of mollusks with a cap-like shell, living on the bottom of deep sea. Extant representatives were unknown until 1952; previously they were known only from the fossil record.- Definition :...
ns in the family Tryblidiidae
Tryblidiidae
Pilina is an extinct family of paleozoic monoplacophorans in the superfamily Tryblidioidea.- Genera :Genera in the family Tryblidiidae include:* Tryblidium Lindström, 1880...
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Species
Species in the genus Pilina include:- Pilina acuminatum Perner (in Koken & Perner), 1925
- Pilina cheyennica Peel, 1977 - from Ordovician in the Keel Member in OklahomaOklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
- Pilina esthonum (Koken, 1897) - synonym: Triblidium esthonum
- Pilina ovoideum Perner (in Koken & Perner), 1925
- Pilina solariumPilina solariumPilina solarium is an extinct species of a paleozoic Silurian monoplacophoran. It was first named as Palaeacmaea solarium and described by Gustaf Lindström from Silurian of Gotland in Sweden in 1884.-Shell description :...
(Lindström, 1884) - synonym: Palaeacmaea solarium - Pilina unguisPilina unguisPilina unguis is an extinct species of Paleozoic Silurian monoplacophoran. It was first named as Tryblidium unguis and described by Gustaf Lindström in Latin from the Silurian deposits of Gotland in Sweden, in 1880.- Shell description :...
(Lindström, 1880) - synonym: Tryblidium unguis