Kingdom Animalia Class {{{1}}} Genus †Heloplax | Phylum Mollusca Family †Heloplacidae Species †H. papilla | |
Similar Acaenoplax, Aplacophora, Chiton | ||
Heloplax is a genus of worm-like molluscs. Its soft parts are preserved in three dimensions in the Silurian Herefordshire lagerstatte; its disarticulated valves are known from other Silurian deposits. It is very bizarre by modern standards; it bears serially repeated units, and has spines. It probably falls somewhere between the aplacophorans and polyplacophora; its valves were composed of aragonite
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