Chaetopleura apiculata is a species of small chiton in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc.
Chaetopleura apiculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
Genus: | Chaetopleura |
Subgenus: | Chaetopleura |
Species: | C. apiculata
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Binomial name | |
Chaetopleura apiculata (Say in Conrad, 1834)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Chiton apiculatus Say in Conrad, 1834 |
Teeth of the radula of this species were studied using atom-probe tomography to analyze the chemical structure; the results were published in 2011.[2] It was shown that the teeth contained fibers surrounded by magnetite, and some of them also contained sodium or magnesium.[2] This was probably the first time that atom-probe tomography was used in the study of a radula and in biominerals.[citation needed]