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Chitonida

Polyplacophora - Chitonida

Taxonomy
Chitonida was named by Thiele (1909). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polyplacophora by Vendrasco et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Chitonida Thiele
2022Chitonida Vendrasco et al. p. 1049

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
orderChitonidaThiele 1909

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.

Or. Chitonida Thiele 1909
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Fm. Callistoplacidae Dall 1879
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G. Ceratozona Dall 1882
G. †Middendorfia Dall 1879
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†Middendorfia corrugis Boettger 1869
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Invalid names: Chiton etrechyensis de Rochebrune 1882 [synonym], Tonicia mammillata de Rochebrune 1882 [synonym]
G. Nuttallina Dall 1871
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Invalid names: Nuttallina fluxa Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Fm. Chitonidae Rafinesque 1815
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Subfm. Acanthopleurinae Thiele 1910
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G. Acanthopleura Guilding 1829 [fuzzy chiton]
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) 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. Enoplochiton Gray 1847
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Enoplochiton niger Barnes 1824
G. †Mucrosquama Iredale 1926
G. †Sypharochiton Thiele 1893
G. †Tegulaplax Iredale 1926
G. Tonicia Gray 1847
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Subg. †Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall 1882
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†Lucilina russelli Ladd 1966
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Holocene or 259.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.17 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Chiton howseanus (109718)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Chiton sp. (130853)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0France Chiton deshayesi (91209)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom Chiton rhaeticus (91223)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Chiton dangeardi, Chiton broilusi (38738) Chiton koninckii (91221)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Chiton sallustii (91224)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Chiton cretaceous (88357)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Puerto Rico Chiton rossi (215513)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Chiton berryi (91198 215512)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Puerto Rico Chiton rossi (66738)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Onithochiton macronodulina (205466)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Chiton grignionensis (184110 184815) Chiton grinionensis (184107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Washington) Leptochiton alveolus (172002)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Hungary Tonicia pannonica (172909)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Chiton sp. (99734)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Chiton sp. (44410 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Chiton prostremus, Chiton eocenensis (90600)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Washington) Leptochiton alveolus (193971)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Middendorfia corrugis (111371)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Leptochiton alveolus (4869)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia Chiton sp. (145974)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Palau Lucilina sp. A (77930)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Chile (Huasco) Chiton vetustus (223683)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Lucilina sp. B (78060)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Callistochiton elenensis, Chiton solaris (227380)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands Lucilina russelli (77989)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Lucilina sp. B (68180)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Callistochiton palmulatus (214262 214263 214272)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Italy Chiton sp. (175548 175549 175550 175551 175552)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Marshall Islands Lucilina sp. B (43332)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Callistochiton palmulatus (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) Chiton sp. (118257 118306 118317 118318)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Callistochiton palmulatus (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Chiton nigrovirescens (110489)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Callistochiton sp. (189767)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Callistochiton crassicostatus, Callistochiton decoratus (202496) Callistochiton sp., Nuttallina sp., Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus, Nuttallina californica, Callistochiton decoratus (202495)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Chiton sp. (97962 97964 97967 97968)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Tonicia schrammi (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) Chiton sp. (118303)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Chiton olivaceus (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus, Callistochiton decoratus (138719) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus, Nuttallina californica (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Callistochiton crassicostatus (96593) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus (96592) Nuttallina californica (96590)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Chile (Huasco) Chiton sp. (223690)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus (138821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Callistochiton crassicostatus (37933 37939)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Callistochiton palmulatus (203114) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus, Callistochiton decoratus (202492) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus, Nuttallina californica (138723) Nuttallina sp., Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus, Callistochiton decoratus (202494) Nuttallina sp., Nuttallina californica (202493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Chiton sp. (201413)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Callistochiton palmulatus, Nuttallina californica (89573 194421)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Chiton sp., Enoplochiton niger (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Callistochiton crassicostatus, Callistochiton decoratus (207041) Callistochiton palmulatus (96566 219029 219030) Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus (160361) Nuttallina flux (202936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Callistochiton palmulatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus, Callistochiton decoratus (52347)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Acanthopleura gemmata (191983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Lucilina sp. (78035)