Xylochitonidae
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Vos, Chris
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). 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 2026-08-02
created: 2012-04-18T21:31:56Z
is replaced by: 385488
modified: 2026-07-01T18:00:34Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992
accepted name usage ID: 385488
class: Polyplacophora
family: Xylochitonidae
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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. i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i. 13: 35-44.
name published in year: 1992
order: Lepidopleurida
parent name usage ID: 385383
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992
taxon rank: Family
taxonomic status: unaccepted