Chaetopleura

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Chaetopleura
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent[1]
Chaetopleura papilio.jpg
Chaetopleura papilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Polyplacophora
Subclass:
Neoloricata
Order:
Chitonida
Suborder:
Chitonina
Superfamily:
Family:
Chaetopleuridae
Genus:
Chaetopleura

Shuttleworth, 1853[2]

Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.[3] The species within this genus are marine molluscs.

Taxonomy[]

The genus has been separated into two subgenera.[3]

subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)

  • Thiele, 1909
  • (Spengler, 1797)
  • Chaetopleura apiculata (Say in Conrad, 1834)
  • (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892)
  • (Couthoy MS, Gould, 1852)
  • Plate, 1899
  • Kaas & Van Belle, 1987
  • de Rochebrune, 1882
  • Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912
  • (Strack, 1996)
  • Plate, 1899
  • (de Rochebrune, 1881)
  • (Ferreira, 1982)
  • (Gray, 1828)
  • (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
  • Chaetopleura papilio (Spengler, 1797)
  • Chaetopleura pertusa (Reeve, 1847)
  • (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Barnard, 1963
  • (Krauss, 1848)
  • Ferreira, 1983
  • Ferreira, 1983
  • (Reeve, 1847)
  • Lyons, 1985
  • Leloup, 1954

subgenus (Dall, 1879)

  • Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879

References[]

  1. ^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. ^ Shuttleworth (1853). Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 1853: 190.
  3. ^ a b Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138086 on 2011-01-27

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