monoplacophoran

English

Etymology

From scientific name Monoplacophora +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒnə(ʊ)pləˈkɒfəɹən/

Noun

monoplacophoran (plural monoplacophorans)

1. (zoology) Any member of the superclass Monoplacophora, comprising molluscs with cap-like shells. [from 20th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 49:

     The crabbed limpet-like shellfish is a monoplacophoran.

   • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 34:

     Unique among mollusks, monoplacophorans turned out to have multiple repeating sets of shell-attachment muscles, kidneys, and gills.

   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 229:

     Monoplacophorans are an extremely ancient type of mollusc, the oldest known from the fossil record.

Further reading

• Monoplacophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monoplacophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Monoplacophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Monoplacophora at Paleobiology Database