Pilina
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Pilina is an extinct genus of paleozoic monoplacophora
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora, meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic class of mollusks with a cap-like shell, living on the bottom of deep sea. Extant representatives were unknown until 1952; previously they were known only from the fossil record.- Definition :...

ns in the family Tryblidiidae
Tryblidiidae
Pilina is an extinct family of paleozoic monoplacophorans in the superfamily Tryblidioidea.- Genera :Genera in the family Tryblidiidae include:* Tryblidium Lindström, 1880...

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Species

Species in the genus Pilina include:
  • Pilina acuminatum Perner (in Koken & Perner), 1925
  • Pilina cheyennica Peel, 1977 - from Ordovician in the Keel Member in Oklahoma
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  • Pilina esthonum (Koken, 1897) - synonym: Triblidium esthonum
  • Pilina ovoideum Perner (in Koken & Perner), 1925
  • Pilina solarium
    Pilina solarium
    Pilina solarium is an extinct species of a paleozoic Silurian monoplacophoran. It was first named as Palaeacmaea solarium and described by Gustaf Lindström from Silurian of Gotland in Sweden in 1884.-Shell description :...

    (Lindström, 1884) - synonym: Palaeacmaea solarium
  • Pilina unguis
    Pilina unguis
    Pilina unguis is an extinct species of Paleozoic Silurian monoplacophoran. It was first named as Tryblidium unguis and described by Gustaf Lindström in Latin from the Silurian deposits of Gotland in Sweden, in 1880.- Shell description :...

    (Lindström, 1880) - synonym: Tryblidium unguis
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