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Leptochitoninae 
AphiaID: 151203

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Lepidopleurida (Order) > Lepidopleurina (Suborder) > Leptochitonidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subfamily
Parent Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889
Synonymised
taxa
  Lepidopleurinae (Following placement of genus Lepidopleurus in Vaught)
Sources  basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

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Genus Beanella Dall, 1882 accepted as Lepidochitona Gray, 1821
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151203
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-05 17:36:55Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-07-02 08:33:20Z  checked  Schwabe, Enrico
  
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  Citation: Schwabe, E. (2013). Leptochitoninae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151203 on 2013-05-20
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