Chitonida
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Chitonida is an order
of chiton
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Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of chiton
Chiton
Chitons are small to large, primitive marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.There are 900 to 1,000 extant species of chitons in the class, which was formerly known as Amphineura....
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Taxonomy
- Suborder ChitoninaChitoninaChitonina is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc....
Thiele, 1910 - Superfamily Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Ochmazochitonidae Hoare et Smith, 1984
- Ochmazochiton Hoare et Smith, 1984
- Family IschnochitonidaeIschnochitonidaeIschnochitonidae is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc....
DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889- IschnochitonIschnochitonIschnochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran mollusc.-Species:* Ischnochiton abyssicola * Ischnochiton alascensis Thiele, 1910* Ischnochiton albus * Ischnochiton circumvallatus...
Gray, 1847 - Stenochiton H. Adams et Angas, 1864
- StenoplaxStenoplaxStenoplax is of polyplacophoran mollusc ....
(Carpenter MSPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
) DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1879 - Lepidozona PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1892 - Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847
- Subterenochiton IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
et Hull, 1924 - Thermochiton Saito et Okutani, 1990
- Connexochiton Kaas, 1979
- Tonicina Thiele, 1906
- Ischnochiton
- Family Callistoplacidae PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893- Ischnoplax DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1879 - CallistochitonCallistochitonCallistochiton is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc. Callistochiton became extinct during the Pliocene period....
Carpenter MS, DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1879 - Callistoplax DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1882 - Ceratozona DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1882 - Calloplax Thiele, 1909
- Ischnoplax Dall
- Family ChaetopleuridaeChaetopleuridaeChaetopleuridae is a family of chitons. They are marine molluscs.-Genera:Two genera are known in this family:* Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853* Dinoplax Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882...
Plate, 1899- ChaetopleuraChaetopleuraChaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. They are marine molluscs.-Species:The genus has been separated into two subgenera.subgenus Chaetopleura * Chaetopleura angolensis Thiele, 1909...
Shuttleworth, 1853 - DinoplaxDinoplaxDinoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. They are marine molluscs.-Taxonomy:Species in this genus include:* Dinoplax chelazziana * Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899* Dinoplax gigas...
Carpenter MS, DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1882
- Chaetopleura
- Family Loricidae IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
et Hull, 1923- LoricaLorica (genus)Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.- Extinct representatives :Extinct representatives of the genus are known from the Cretaceous of America and the Eocene & Miocene of Oceania....
H. et A. Adams, 1852 - LoricellaLoricella (chiton)Loricella is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae. They are marine molluscs. .-Taxonomy:Species in the genus include:* Loricella angasi Loricella is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae. They are marine molluscs. .-Taxonomy:Species in the genus include:* Loricella angasi...
PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893 - OochitonOochitonOochiton is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc. Oochiton became extinct during the Miocene period....
Ashby, 1929
- Lorica
- Family Callochitonidae Plate, 1901
- CallochitonCallochitonCallochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae.-Species:* Callochiton castaneus * Callochiton crocinus * Callochiton empleurus * Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926...
Gray, 1847 - Eudoxochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
- Vermichiton Kaas, 1979
- Callochiton
- Family ChitonidaeChitonidaeChitonidae 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:...
Rafinesque, 1815- Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815
- ChitonChiton (genus)Chiton is a genus of chiton, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.-Taxonomy:The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows:* Subgenus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758...
Linnaeus, 1758 - Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
- Radsia Gray, 1847
- SypharochitonSypharochitonSypharochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae.-Species:* Sypharochiton pelliserpentis * Sypharochiton aorangi * Sypharochiton sinclairi...
Thiele, 1893 - Nodiplax Beu, 1967
- RhyssoplaxRhyssoplaxRhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands.-Species:* Rhyssoplax aerea aerea...
Thiele, 1893 - Teguloaplax IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
& Hull, 1926 - Mucrosquama IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1893 - Subfamily Toniciinae PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893 - Tonicia Gray, 1847
- OnithochitonOnithochitonOnithochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, which is distributed from Australia and New Zealand to South Africa.-Species:* Onithochiton ashbyi* Onithochiton discrepans* Onithochiton gotoi* Onithochiton helenae...
Gray, 1847 - Subfamily Acanthopleurinae DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889 - AcanthopleuraAcanthopleuraAcanthopleura 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.-Species:...
Guilding, 1829 - Liolophura PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893 - Enoplochiton Gray, 1847
- Squamopleura Nierstrasz, 1905
- Superfamily Schizochitonoidea DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889 - Family SchizochitonidaeSchizochitonidaeSchizochitonidae is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc....
DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889- Incissiochiton Van Belle, 1985
- SchizochitonSchizochitonSchizochiton is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc. Schizochiton became extinct during the Miocene period....
Gray, 1847
- Family Ochmazochitonidae Hoare et Smith, 1984
- Suborder AcanthochitoninaAcanthochitoninaAcanthochitonina is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc....
Bergenhayn, 1930- Family Mopalioidea DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889 - Family Tonicellidae Simroth, 1894
- Subfamily Tonicellinae Simroth, 1894
- LepidochitonaLepidochitonaLepidochitona is a genus of chiton; L. raymondi is the only hermaphroditic polyplacophoran....
Gray, 1821 - Particulazona Kaas, 1993
- Boreochiton Sars, 1878
- TonicellaTonicellaTonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons. The genus name derives from the Greek tonos and cell .-Species:Species within the genus Tonicella include:...
CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1873 - Nuttallina (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
MS) Dall, 1871 - SpongioradsiaSpongioradsiaSpongioradsia is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc. Spongioradsia became extinct during the Oligocene period....
PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1894 - Oligochiton Berry, 1922
- Lepidochitona
- Subfamily Juvenichitoninae Sirenko, 1975
- Juvenichiton Sirenko, 1975
- Micichiton Sirenko, 1975
- Nanichiton Sirenko, 1975
- Family Schizoplacidae Bergenhayn, 1955
- Schizoplax DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1878
- Schizoplax Dall
- Family MopaliidaeMopaliidaeMopaliidae is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc....
DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889 - Subfamily Heterochitoninae Van Belle, 1978
- HeterochitonHeterochitonHeterochiton is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc. Heterochiton became extinct during the Jurassic period....
Fucini, 1912 - AllochitonAllochitonAllochiton is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc. Allochiton became extinct during the Jurassic period....
Fucini, 1912
- Heterochiton
- Subfamily Mopaliinae DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889- AerilammaAerilammaAerilamma is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
Hull, 1924 - GuildingiaGuildingiaGuildingia is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.-References:* * Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893 - Frembleya H. Adams, 1866
- DiaphoroplaxDiaphoroplaxDiaphoroplax is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1914 - PlaxiphoraPlaxiphoraPlaxiphora is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.-Species:* Plaxiphora albida* Plaxiphora atlantica* Plaxiphora aurata campbelli Filhol, 1880* Plaxiphora aurata* Plaxiphora aurata * Plaxiphora aurea...
Gray, 1847 - Placiphorina Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
- NuttallochitonNuttallochitonNuttallochiton is a genus of chiton; the only one to have paired rather than fused gonads....
Plate, 1899 - MopaliaMopalia- Species :*Mopalia mucosa*Mopalia ciliata*Mopalia lignosa*Mopalia spectabilis*Mopalia hindsii...
Gray, 1847 - MaorichitonMaorichitonMaorichiton is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.-Species:Species within this genus include:* Maorichiton caelatus * Maorichiton schauinslandi -References:...
IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1914 - PlaciphorellaPlaciphorellaPlaciphorella, the veiled chiton, is a polyplacophoran mollusc with precephalic tentacles, which are used in feeding....
(CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
MS) DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1879 - Katharina Gray, 1847
- Amicula Gray, 1847
- Aerilamma
- Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea H. et A. Adams, 1858
- Family AcanthochitonidaeAcanthochitonidaeAcanthochitonidae is a family of chitons.-Description:These small to large chitons are characterised by a broad girdle with erect tufts of up to ten large bristles. The coarsely granular valves of the shell are partially overlapped by the girdle. This girdle is all covered by coarse spines. The...
PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893 - Subfamily Acanthochitoninae PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893- AcanthochitonaAcanthochitonaAcanthochitona is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, of worldwide distribution.-Species:According to the World Register of Marine Species , species in the genus Acanthopleura include...
Gray, 1921 - CraspedochitonCraspedochitonCraspedochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, endemic to New Zealand, the Philippines and Australia.-Species:* Craspedochiton cornutus * Craspedochiton elegans * Craspedochiton hemphilli...
Shuttleworth, 1853 - Spongiochiton (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
MS) DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1882 - NotoplaxNotoplaxNotoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.-Species:* Notoplax addenda Iredale & Hull, 1925* Notoplax aenigma * Notoplax aqabaensis* Notoplax arabica Kaas & Van Belle, 1988...
H. Adams, 1861 - Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928
- Bassethullia PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1928 - Americhiton Watters, 1990
- Choneplax (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
MS) DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1882 - CryptoconchusCryptoconchusCryptoconchus is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.- C. porosus :Cryptoconchus porosus, common name the butterfly chiton, is a large chiton with the following synonyms:...
(de Blainville MS) Burrow, 1815
- Acanthochitona
- Subfamily Cryptochitoninae PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1893- Cryptochiton Middendorff, 1847
- Family Hemiarthridae Sirenko, 1997
- Hemiarthrum CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
in DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1876 - Weedingia Kaas, 1988
- Hemiarthrum Carpenter
- Family Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928
- Choriplax PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1894
- Choriplax Pilsbry
- Family Cryptoplacidae H. et A. Adams, 1858
- CryptoplaxCryptoplaxCryptoplax is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc. Crytoplax became extinct during the Pliocene period....
de Blainville, 1818
- Cryptoplax
- Family Mopalioidea Dall