Chitonina

Extinct suborder of molluscs

Chitonina
"Chaetopleura papilio"
Chaetopleura papilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Families
  • Ischnochitonidae
  • Mopaliidae
  • Schizochitonidae
  • Chitonidae

Chitonina is a suborder of polyplacophoran mollusc belonging to the order Chitonida. [1]

Superfamilies

The suborder includes both living and extinct species.[2]

  • Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
  • Schizochitonoidea Dall, 1889


References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Chitonina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382004 on 2022-06-22
  2. ^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  • Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117
Taxon identifiers
Chitonina
  • Wikidata: Q5102269
  • AFD: Chitonina
  • CoL: 7NVZC
  • EoL: 12007411
  • NBN: NHMSYS0021056554
  • NCBI: 291862
  • Paleobiology Database: 118749
  • WoRMS: 382004


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