WoRMS name details
Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992
597217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597217)
unaccepted
Family
Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992 accepted as Ferreiraella Sirenko, 1988 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gowlett-Holmes, K. L. & Jones, A. M. (1992). Xylochitonidae fam.n., a new family of deep-water chitons, with descriptions of a new genus and species from New Zealand (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurina. <em>i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i.</em> 13: 35-44. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597217 on 2025-05-07
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Gowlett-Holmes, K. L. & Jones, A. M. (1992). Xylochitonidae fam.n., a new family of deep-water chitons, with descriptions of a new genus and species from New Zealand (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurina. <em>i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i.</em> 13: 35-44. [details]