WoRMS taxon details
Ferreiraellidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1991
385488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385488)
accepted
Family
Ferreiraella Sirenko, 1988 (type by original designation)
Abyssochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992 · unaccepted
- Genus Ferreiraella Sirenko, 1988
- Genus Abyssochiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989 accepted as Ferreiraella Sirenko, 1988 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992 accepted as Ferreiraella Sirenko, 1988 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dell'Angelo B., Palazzi S. (1991). Considerazioni sulla famiglia Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). IV. Aggiunte e correzioni. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 27(1-4): 35-38. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ferreiraellidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385488 on 2026-10-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Dell'Angelo B., Palazzi S. (1991). Considerazioni sulla famiglia Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). IV. Aggiunte e correzioni. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 27(1-4): 35-38. [details]
original description (of Abyssochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989) Dell'Angelo, B.; Palazzi, S. (1989). Considerazioni sulla Famiglia Leptochitonidae Dall, 1869 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). III. Le specie terziarie e quaternarie europee, con note sistematiche e filogenetiche. In: Atti della prima giornata di studi malacologici CISMA (Nofroni I., ed.). CISMA, Roma, p. 19-140. [details]
original description (of Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1992.10674032 [details]
original description (of Abyssochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989) Dell'Angelo, B.; Palazzi, S. (1989). Considerazioni sulla Famiglia Leptochitonidae Dall, 1869 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). III. Le specie terziarie e quaternarie europee, con note sistematiche e filogenetiche. In: Atti della prima giornata di studi malacologici CISMA (Nofroni I., ed.). CISMA, Roma, p. 19-140. [details]
original description (of Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1992.10674032 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Sirenko B.I. (1997). Position in the system and the origin of deep-water chitons of the family Ferreiraellidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 7(2): 77-89. [details]
status source Vončina, K.; Schwabe, E.; Sirenko, B. I.; Sigwart, J. D. (2026). Annotated checklist of Recent Polyplacophora with notes on their systematics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5840(1): 1-67., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5840.1.1 [details]
status source Vončina, K.; Schwabe, E.; Sirenko, B. I.; Sigwart, J. D. (2026). Annotated checklist of Recent Polyplacophora with notes on their systematics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5840(1): 1-67., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5840.1.1 [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ヒラタヒザラガイ科 | [details] |
