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Chaetopleuridae

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Chaetopleuridae

Taxonomy
Chaetopleuridae was named by Plate (1899). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ischnochitonina by Abbott (1974); to Neoloricata by Kiessling (2009); and to Chitonida by Vendrasco et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Chaetopleuridae Plate
1974Chaetopleuridae Abbott p. 400
2009Chaetopleuridae Kiessling
2022Chaetopleuridae Vendrasco et al. p. 1052

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
familyChaetopleuridaePlate 1899
familyChaetopleuridaePlate 1899

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. Chaetopleuridae Plate 1899
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G. Calloplax Thiele 1909
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Calloplax roederi Vendrasco et al. 2022
G. Chaetopleura Shuttleworth 1853
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Subg. †Chaetopleura (Pallochiton) Dall 1879
Chaetopleura gemma Carpenter 1879
G. Dinoplax Dall 1882
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Dinoplax gigas Gmelin 1791
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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Chaetopleura apiculata (59335 59722)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Chaetopleura lanuginosa, Calloplax roederi (227380)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) Chaetopleura pertusa, Dinoplax sp. (118257)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Chaetopleura sp. (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Chaetopleura gemma (202495 202496)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Chiton gigas (101549)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Chaetopleura gemmea (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Chaetopleura apiculata (61310)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Chaetopleura gemma (202492 202494)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Chaetopleura gemma (207041)