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Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID
385404
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385404)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora
Neoloricata
Chitonida
Chitonina
Chitonoidea
Status
accepted
Rank
Superfamily
Parent
Chitonina
Original name
Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
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Family
Callistoplacidae Pilsbry, 1893
Family
Chaetopleuridae Rochebrune, 1882
Family
Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family
Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889
Family
Stenosemusidae Sirenko & Schwabe, 2026
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent + fossil
Original description
(of
Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
)
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
,
available online at
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia.
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Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385404 on 2026-07-05
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=385404 on 2026-07-05
Taxonomic edit history
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2009-03-17 10:13:42Z
created
Schwabe, Enrico
2025-11-17 23:29:37Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
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original description
(of
Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
)
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
,
available online at
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia.
[details]
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