monoplacophorans

monoplacophorans
n., n. pl. [Gr. monos, one; plax, flat plate; pherein, to carry]
A class of Mollusca mostly extinct, with a limpet-like, cap-shaped, cone-shaped or spoon-shaped shell with serially paired muscle scars.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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