Mucrosquama


Mucrosquama is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur [Francis Basset Hull]. The type species is Mucrosquama carnosus first described as Chiton carnosus by Angas in 1867.
There are two species in this genus:
Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above.
  • Mucrosquama nielseni Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama carnosa
  • Mucrosquama sheardi Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as ''Mucrosquama verconis''