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.

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.

Subfamilies and genera

Subfamilies and genera within the family Chitonidae include:

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References

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


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