†subfamily Chaetopleurinae (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae
Parent taxon: Ischnochitonidae according to S. S. Berry 1922
See also Beesley 1998
Sister taxa: Allochiton, Callochitoninae, Cyanoplax, Heterochiton, Ischnochitoninae, Lepidochitoninae, Lepidozona, Schizoplacinae, Stenoplax, Stenosemus, Tonicella, Tripoplax
Subtaxa: Nuttallochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chaetopleurinae in the database