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.
| Chitonidae | |
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| Chiton magnificus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Suborder: | Chitonina |
| Family: | Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Genera | |
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16, 15 extant, see text | |
Subfamilies and genera
editSubfamilies 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
- Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815
References
edit- van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
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