Chitonida

Chitonida

The butterfly chiton, Cryptoconchus porosus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida Thiele, 1910
Families
See text.

Chitonida is an order of chitons.

Taxonomy

Suborder Chitonina Thiele, 1910
Superfamily Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Ochmazochitonidae Hoare et Smith, 1984
  - Ochmazochiton Hoare et Smith, 1984
- Family Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889
  - Ischnochiton Gray, 1847
  - Stenochiton H. Adams et Angas, 1864
  - Stenoplax (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1879
  - Lepidozona Pilsbry, 1892
  - Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847
  - Subterenochiton Iredale et Hull, 1924
  - Thermochiton Saito et Okutani, 1990
  - Connexochiton Kaas, 1979
  - Tonicina Thiele, 1906
- Family Callistoplacidae Pilsbry, 1893
  - Ischnoplax Dall, 1879
  - Callistochiton Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
  - Callistoplax Dall, 1882
  - Ceratozona Dall, 1882
  - Calloplax Thiele, 1909
- Family Chaetopleuridae Plate, 1899
  - Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853
  - Dinoplax Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882^[1]
- Family Loricidae Iredale et Hull, 1923
  - Lorica H. et A. Adams, 1852
  - Loricella Pilsbry, 1893
  - Oochiton Ashby, 1929
- Family Callochitonidae Plate, 1901
  - Callochiton Gray, 1847
  - Eudoxochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
  - Vermichiton Kaas, 1979
- Family Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
  - Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815
  - Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
  - 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
- Superfamily Schizochitonoidea Dall, 1889
- Family Schizochitonidae Dall, 1889
  - Incissiochiton Van Belle, 1985
  - Schizochiton Gray, 1847
Suborder Acanthochitonina Bergenhayn, 1930
- Family Mopalioidea Dall, 1889
- Family Tonicellidae Simroth, 1894
- Subfamily Tonicellinae Simroth, 1894
  - Lepidochitona Gray, 1821
  - Particulazona Kaas, 1993
  - Boreochiton Sars, 1878
  - Tonicella Carpenter, 1873
  - Nuttallina (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1871
  - Spongioradsia Pilsbry, 1894
  - Oligochiton Berry, 1922
- Subfamily Juvenichitoninae Sirenko, 1975
  - Juvenichiton Sirenko, 1975
  - Micichiton Sirenko, 1975
  - Nanichiton Sirenko, 1975
- Family Schizoplacidae Bergenhayn, 1955
  - Schizoplax Dall, 1878
- Family Mopaliidae Dall, 1889
- Subfamily Heterochitoninae Van Belle, 1978
  - Heterochiton Fucini, 1912
  - Allochiton Fucini, 1912
- Subfamily Mopaliinae Dall, 1889
  - Aerilamma Hull, 1924
  - Guildingia Pilsbry, 1893
  - Frembleya H. Adams, 1866
  - Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914
  - Plaxiphora Gray, 1847
  - Placiphorina Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  - Nuttallochiton Plate, 1899
  - Mopalia Gray, 1847
  - Maorichiton Iredale, 1914
  - Placiphorella (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1879
  - Katharina Gray, 1847
  - Amicula Gray, 1847
- Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea H. et A. Adams, 1858
- Family Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893
- Subfamily Acanthochitoninae Pilsbry, 1893
  - Acanthochitona Gray, 1921
  - Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
  - Spongiochiton (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1882
  - Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
  - Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928
  - Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928
  - Americhiton Watters, 1990
  - Choneplax (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1882
  - Cryptoconchus (de Blainville MS) Burrow, 1815
- Subfamily Cryptochitoninae Pilsbry, 1893
  - Cryptochiton Middendorff, 1847
- Family Hemiarthridae Sirenko, 1997
  - Hemiarthrum Carpenter in Dall, 1876
  - Weedingia Kaas, 1988
- Family Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928
  - Choriplax Pilsbry, 1894
- Family Cryptoplacidae H. et A. Adams, 1858
  - Cryptoplax de Blainville, 1818

References

^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Dinoplax accessed 7 April 2010

External links

Chitonida at UniProt.org

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