Mucrosquama Explained

Mucrosquama is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur Francis Basset Hull.^{[1] [2]} The type species is Mucrosquama carnosus first described as Chiton carnosus by Angas in 1867.^[1]

There are two species in this genus:^[3]

• Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
• Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)

Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above.

• Mucrosquama nielseni Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
• Mucrosquama sheardi Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926 . Australian Faunal Directory.
2. 182. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710233.
3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926 . 2022-05-01 . www.marinespecies.org.