• Source: Chitonidae

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




References



van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Chitonidae
• Chiton (disambiguation)
• Chiton (genus)
• Chiton squamosus
• Chiton
• Acanthopleura
• Chiton tuberculatus
• Chiton olivaceus
• Chiton glaucus
• Acanthopleura gemmata