Chitonidae

Chitonidae
Chiton magnificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Suborder:	Chitonina
Family:	Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
16, 15 extant, see text

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 Rafinesque, 1815
    • Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 – the type genus of the family
    • Thiele, 1893
    • Radsia Gray, 1847
    • Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893
    • Beu, 1967
    • Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893
    • Iredale & Hull, 1926
    • Iredale, 1893
  • Subfamily Pilsbry, 1893
    • Tonicia Gray, 1847
    • Onithochiton Gray, 1847
  • Subfamily Dall, 1889
    • Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829
    • Pilsbry, 1893
    • Enoplochiton Gray, 1847
    • Nierstrasz, 1905

References[]

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

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