WoRMS taxon details
Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815
151207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151207)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926
- Genus Radsia J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893
- Genus Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893
- Genus Tegulaplax Iredale & Hull, 1926
- Genus Gymnoplax Gray, 1821 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Mopaliopsis Thiele, 1893 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Rhopalopleura Thiele, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Stereoplax Thiele, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Anthochiton Thiele, 1893 accepted as Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Chondroplax Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Diochiton Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Georgus Thiele, 1893 accepted as Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Oscabrion "Herrmannsen, 1847" accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym (refers to Oscabrion Petiver, 1702))
- Genus Poeciloplax Thiele, 1893 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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]
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]
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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(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]
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
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page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]
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