Mattheviidae

Mattheviidae; Temporal range:
	Plates of Matthevia. Coin: 19 mm diameter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	†Paleoloricata
Family:	†Mattheviidae; Walcott, 1885
Genera
	Matthevia Walcott, 1885 (type) ; Chelodes Davidson & King, 1874 ; Hemithecella Ulrich & Bridge, 1941 ; Qaleruaqia Peel, 2020 ;

Mattheviidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil chitons, marine polyplacophoran mollusks that are found in Cambrian-Silurian deposits.^[1]

References

↑ Pojeta, J. Jr.; Vendrasco, M. J.; Darrough, G. (2010). "Upper Cambrian chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Missouri". Bull Amer Paleo. (379): 1–82. ISSN 0007-5779.

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