Kingdom Animalia Family Chaetopleuridae Subgenus Chaetopleura Phylum Mollusca Order Chitonida | Superfamily Chitonoidea Genus Chaetopleura Scientific name Chaetopleura apiculata Rank Species Subclass Neoloricata | |
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Similar Chaetopleura, Chitonida, Ischnochiton, Callistochiton, Stenoplax | ||
Chaetopleura apiculata is a species of small chiton in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc.
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Teeth of the radula of this species were studied using atom-probe tomography to analyze the chemical structure; the results were published in 2011. It was shown that the teeth contained fibers surrounded by magnetite, and some of them also contained sodium or magnesium. This was probably the first time that atom-probe tomography was used in the study of a radula and in biominerals.
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