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Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815

151207  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151207)

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  1. Genus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Genus Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926
  3. Genus Radsia J. E. Gray, 1847
  4. Genus Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893
  5. Genus Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893
  6. Genus Tegulaplax Iredale & Hull, 1926
  7. Genus Gymnoplax Gray, 1821 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  8. Genus Mopaliopsis Thiele, 1893 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  9. Genus Rhopalopleura Thiele, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  10. Genus Stereoplax Thiele, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  11. Genus Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Genus Anthochiton Thiele, 1893 accepted as Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  13. Genus Chondroplax Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Genus Diochiton Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Genus Georgus Thiele, 1893 accepted as Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Oscabrion "Herrmannsen, 1847" accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym (refers to Oscabrion Petiver, 1702))
  17. Genus Poeciloplax Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Genus Sclerochiton Dall, 1882 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Sclerochiton Kraatz, 1859 [Coleoptera])
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] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151207 on 2026-03-18
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Nomenclature

original description (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] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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