Chaetopleura

Chaetopleura
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent[1]
Chaetopleura papilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Neoloricata
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Superfamily: Chitonoidea
Family: Chaetopleuridae
Genus: Chaetopleura
Shuttleworth, 1853[2]

Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.[3] They are marine molluscs.

Species

The genus has been separated into two subgenera.[3]

subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)

subgenus Pallochiton (Dall, 1879)

References

  1. ^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6. 
  2. ^ Shuttleworth (1853). Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 1853: 190.
  3. ^ a b Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138086 on 2011-01-27