Pilina

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Pilina

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Pilina is an extinct genus of paleozoic monoplacophorans in the family Tryblidiidae.

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Species

Species in the genus Pilina include:[2]

  • Pilina acuminatum Perner (in Koken & Perner), 1925[1]
  • Pilina cheyennica Peel, 1977[3] - from Ordovician in the Keel Member in Oklahoma
  • Pilina esthonum (Koken, 1897)[4] - synonym: Triblidium esthonum
  • Pilina ovoideum Perner (in Koken & Perner), 1925[1]
  • Pilina solarium (Lindström, 1884)[5] - synonym: Palaeacmaea solarium
  • Pilina unguis (Lindström, 1880)[6] - synonym: Tryblidium unguis

References

  1. [1]
    Koken E. & Perner J. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs. 324 pp.
  2. [2]
    Pilina. The Paleobiology Database, accessed 25 August 2009.
  3. [3]
    Peel J. S. 1977. Relationship and Internal Structure of a New Pilina (Monoplacophora) from the Late Ordovician of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Jan., 1977), pp. 116-122.
  4. [4]
    Koken E. 1897. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs. Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersburg 7(2):97-214.
  5. [5]
    Lindström G. 1884. On the Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Stockholm, 250 pp. Page 59, plate 19, figure 3-4.
  6. [6]
    (in Latin) Angelin N. P. & Lindström G. 1880. Fragmenta Silurica e dono Caroli Henrici Wegelin. Opus studio Nicolai Petri Angelin Inchoatum Jussu et Impensis Academiae Regiae Scientarum Suecicae. Samson & Wallin (Holmiae), 60 pp. Page 16, plate 2, figure 10-15.
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