Cobcrephora Knowpia

Cobcrephora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Genus:	Cobcrephora

Cobcrephora is a genus of that resembles the Palaeoloricates, known from the Silurian of Gotland.^[1] Its interpretation as a polyplacophoran is widely challenged.^[1]

Its mollusc shell is unique, because Cobcrephora was described on the basis of isolated phosphatic sclerites.^[2] Its overlapping sclerites are arched and small, comprise two shell layers, and have lamellar projections.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Cherns, L. (2004). "Early Palaeozoic diversification of chitons (Polyplacophora, Mollusca) based on new data from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden". Lethaia. 37 (4): 445–456. Bibcode:2004Letha..37..445C. doi:10.1080/00241160410002180.
^ Bischoff, G. C. O. 1981. Cobcrephora n. g., representative of a new Polyplacophoran order phosphatoloricata, with calciumphosphatic shells. Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 61:173-215

[Cherns2004-1] Cherns, L. (2004). "Early Palaeozoic diversification of chitons (Polyplacophora, Mollusca) based on new data from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden". Lethaia. 37 (4): 445–456. Bibcode:2004Letha..37..445C. doi:10.1080/00241160410002180.

[2] Bischoff, G. C. O. 1981. Cobcrephora n. g., representative of a new Polyplacophoran order phosphatoloricata, with calciumphosphatic shells. Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 61:173-215

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