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Chaetopleura
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).
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
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Chaetopleura Shuttleworth 1853
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Subg. †Chaetopleura (Pallochiton) Dall 1879
Chaetopleura apiculata Say 1830
†Chaetopleura gemma Carpenter 1879 [gem chiton]
Chaetopleura peruvianus Lamarck 1819
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available