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Chaetopleura

Polyplacophora - Chaetopleuridae

Taxonomy
Chaetopleura was named by Shuttleworth (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1029]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ischnochitonidae by Martin (1904); to Chaetopleurinae by Berry (1922); to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chaetopleuridae by Abbott (1974), Rosenberg (2005), Vendrasco et al. (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Chaetopleura Shuttleworth
1904Chaetopleura Martin p. 270
1922Chaetopleura Berry p. 460
1974Chaetopleura Abbott p. 400
2002Chaetopleura Sepkoski
2005Chaetopleura Rosenberg
2022Chaetopleura Vendrasco et al. p. 1056

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
familyChaetopleuridaePlate 1899
genusChaetopleuraShuttleworth 1853

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.

G. Chaetopleura Shuttleworth 1853
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Subg. †Chaetopleura (Pallochiton) Dall 1879
Chaetopleura gemma Carpenter 1879 [gem chiton]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available