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Chitonidae

Synonyms: Acanthopleuridae; Tonichia (pro parte)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Acanthopleura (13)
Chiton (West Indian green chiton) (61)
Enoplochiton (2)
Gymnoplax (1)
Liolophura (8)
Lucilina (34)
Mucrosquama (2)
Onithochiton (20)
Oochiton (1)
Radsia (3)
Rhyssoplax (56)
Squamopleura (3)
Sypharochiton (6)
Tegulaplax (3)
Tonicia (Gold-flecked chiton) (16)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0