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Tonicia
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Chitonidae
Taxonomy
Tonicia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 1029]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Chiton (Tonicia) by Shuttleworth (1856).
It was assigned to Chiton by Shuttleworth (1856); to Chitoninae by Abbott (1974) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Toniciinae by Wells and Houston (2001); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Chiton (Tonicia) by Shuttleworth (1856).
It was assigned to Chiton by Shuttleworth (1856); to Chitoninae by Abbott (1974) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Toniciinae by Wells and Houston (2001); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1847 | Tonicia Gray |
| 1856 | Chiton (Tonicia) Shuttleworth |
| 1974 | Tonicia Abbott p. 406 |
| 1995 | Tonicia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152 |
| 2001 | Tonicia Wells and Houston p. 42 |
| 2002 | Tonicia Sepkoski, Jr. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available