Lorica (genus)

Lorica Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lorica antiqua from Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Family:	Schizochitonidae
Genus:	Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
Species
L. haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921 L. volvox (Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms
Aulacochiton Shuttleworth, 1853 Protolorica Ashby, 1925 Zelorica Finlay, 1926

Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.

This rare species is present in New Zealand.

Synonym: Chiton rudis Hutton, 1872 This species can reach a length of about 20.9 millimetres (0.82 in). It is present in Australia (New South Wales).

Extinct representatives of the genus are known from the Cretaceous of America and the Eocene & Miocene of Oceania.<

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