Chiton genera

Acanthopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky. It has eight described species at present.

Cryptoplax is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. The genus consists of the following living species: Cryptoplax burrowi E. A. Smith, 1884 Cryptoplax caledonicus Rochebrune, 1882 Cryptoplax dawydoffi Leloup, 1937 Cryptoplax dimidiata Ang, 1967 Cryptoplax dupuisi Ashby, 1931 Cryptoplax elioti Pilsbry, 1901 Cryptoplax hartmeyeri Thiele, 1911 Cryptoplax iredalei Ashby, 1923 Cryptoplax japonica Pilsbry, 1901 Cryptoplax larvaeformis Burrow, 1815 Cryptoplax mystica Iredale & Hull, 1925 Cryptoplax oculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 Cryptoplax plana Ang, 1967 Cryptoplax propior Is. & Iw. Taki, 1930 Crypto

Nuttallina is a genus of chitons belonging to the family Lepidochitonidae.

Lepidozona is a genus of chitons belonging to the family Ischnochitonidae.

Placiphorella, the veiled chiton, is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs with precephalic tentacles, which are used in feeding.

genus of molluscs

Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.

Lepidochitona is a genus of chitons. It has been included in the families Tonicellidae, Ischnochitonidae, and Lepidochitonidae.

Weedingia is a genus of chitons belonging to the family Hemiarthridae.

Stenochiton is a genus of marine molluscs belonging to the class Polyplacophora in the family Ischnochitonidae.

Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. The species within this genus are marine molluscs.

Stenoplax is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs in the family Ischnochitonidae.

genus of molluscs

Callochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae.

Hanleya is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs known from Oligocene and Miocene fossils; it is represented today by a number of species including H. sinica Xu 1990 (China), H. brachyplax (Brazil) and H. hanleyi Bean in Thorpe, 1844 (Chile), which feeds on sponges.

Callistochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs, alive today, of which fossils are known from the Pliocene period onwards.

Dinoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. They are marine molluscs.

Subterenochiton is a genus of chitons, marine polyplacophoran molluscs, in the family Ischnochitonidae.

Oldroydia is a genus of chitons belonging to the family Leptochitonidae.

genus of molluscs

Choneplax is a genus of chitons belonging to the family Acanthochitonidae.

Notoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.

Ferreiraella is a genus of Lepidopleurid chiton that belongs to the family Abyssochitonidae. The family it belongs to contains only this genus making it monotypic.

Plaxiphora is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae. It is distributed in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, primarily in the south-temperate and subantarctic regions.

Mopalia is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.

Radsia is a genus of chitons belonging to the family Chitonidae.

Schizochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Schizochiton is known from Miocene fossils, as well as extant species.

Nuttallochiton is a genus of chitons; the only one to have paired rather than fused gonads.

Lucilina is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. It includes species known from fossil remains, as well as living species. It is often considered a subgenus of Tonicia.

Sypharochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. Most species are endemic to the waters of New Zealand, except for Sypharochiton pelliserpentis which is found in both New Zealand and south-eastern Australia.

Stenosemus is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs in the family Ischnochitonidae.

Rhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands.