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Chitonidae
Sign in to saveChitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies.
Species
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassPolyplacophora
- OrderChitonida
- FamilyChitonidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 767
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Chitonidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, PRI, CAS, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Belgium, Belize, Chile, Japan, Argentina, French Polynesia, Tanzania, Panama
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Subfamilies and genera
- References
Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies.
==Subfamilies and genera== Subfamilies and genera within the family Chitonidae include: Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815 Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 – the type genus of the family Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893 Radsia Gray, 1847 Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893 Nodiplax Beu, 1967 Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893 Teguloaplax Iredale & Hull, 1926 Mucrosquama Iredale, 1893 Subfamily Toniciinae Pilsbry, 1893 Tonicia Gray, 1847 Onithochiton Gray, 1847 Subfamily Acanthopleurinae Dall, 1889 Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829 Liolophura Pilsbry, 1893 Enoplochiton Gray, 1847 Squamopleura Nierstrasz, 1905
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