WoRMS taxon details
Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
385404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385404)
accepted
Superfamily
- Family Callistoplacidae Pilsbry, 1893
- Family Chaetopleuridae Plate, 1899
- Family Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889
- Family Loricidae Iredale & Hull, 1923
- Family Ochmazochitonidae R. D. Hoare & A. G. Smith, 1984 †
- Family Spinochitonidae Dell'Angelo, Lesport, Cluzaud & Sosso, 2019 †
- Family Acanthopleuridae Dall, 1889 accepted as Acanthopleurinae Dall, 1889
- Family Bathychitonidae dell'Angelo & Palazzi accepted as Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385404 on 2025-11-25
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(of Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]
