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Chitonidae
Taxonomy
Chitonidae was named by Rafinesque (1815) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7258]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Ischnochitonina by Smith (1973), Abbott (1974); to Chitonina by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neoloricata by Beesley (1998), Schwabe and Lozouet (2006); to Chitonida by Vendrasco et al. (2022); and to Acanthochitonina by Wu and Lee (2024).
It was assigned to Ischnochitonina by Smith (1973), Abbott (1974); to Chitonina by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neoloricata by Beesley (1998), Schwabe and Lozouet (2006); to Chitonida by Vendrasco et al. (2022); and to Acanthochitonina by Wu and Lee (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Chitonidae Rafinesque |
| 1973 | Chitonidae Smith p. 7 |
| 1974 | Chitonidae Abbott p. 404 |
| 1995 | Chitonidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152 |
| 1998 | Chitonidae Beesley p. 177 |
| 2006 | Chitonidae Schwabe and Lozouet p. 622 |
| 2022 | Chitonidae Vendrasco et al. p. 1057 |
| 2024 | Chitonidae Wu and Lee |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Chitonidae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Chiton Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Chiton (Amaurochiton) Thiele 1893
Subg. Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus 1758
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†Chiton (Chiton) berryi Smith et al. 1968
†Chiton (Chiton) cretaceous Berry 1939
†Chiton (Chiton) rossi Smith et al. 1968
Subg. †Chiton (Poeciloplax) Thiele 1893
Subg. Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele 1893
Chiton alveolus Loven 1846
†Chiton antiquus Conrad 1855
†Chiton cordatus Kirkby 1859
†Chiton deshayesi Terquem 1852
†Chiton eocenensis Conrad 1855
†Chiton grignionensis Lamarck 1802
†Chiton howseanus Kirkby 1857
†Chiton koninckii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1849
†Chiton rhaeticus Moore 1861
†Chiton sallustii Parona 1909
Chiton solaris Vendrasco et al. 2022
Chiton turberculatus Linnaeus 1758
Subfm. †Chitoninae Linnaeus 1758
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G. †Mucrosquama Iredale 1926
G. †Sypharochiton Thiele 1893
G. †Tegulaplax Iredale 1926
G. Tonicia Gray 1847
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Subg. †Tonicia (Toniciopsis) Thiele 1893
†Tonicia pannonica Szots 1847
Tonicia schrammi Shuttleworth 1856
G. Onithochiton Gray 1847
Invalid names: Toniciinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available