Chitonida

Chitonida
The butterfly chiton, Cryptoconchus porosus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida Thiele, 1910
Families
See text.

Chitonida is an order of chitons.

Taxonomy

• Suborder Chitonina Thiele, 1910
• Superfamily Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
  • Family Ochmazochitonidae Hoare et Smith, 1984
    • Ochmazochiton Hoare et Smith, 1984
  • Family Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889
    • Ischnochiton Gray, 1847
    • Stenochiton H. Adams et Angas, 1864
    • Stenoplax (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1879
    • Lepidozona Pilsbry, 1892
    • Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847
    • Subterenochiton Iredale et Hull, 1924
    • Thermochiton Saito et Okutani, 1990
    • Connexochiton Kaas, 1979
    • Tonicina Thiele, 1906
  • Family Callistoplacidae Pilsbry, 1893
    • Ischnoplax Dall, 1879
    • Callistochiton Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
    • Callistoplax Dall, 1882
    • Ceratozona Dall, 1882
    • Calloplax Thiele, 1909
  • Family Chaetopleuridae Plate, 1899
    • Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853
    • Dinoplax Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882^[1]
  • Family Loricidae Iredale et Hull, 1923
    • Lorica H. et A. Adams, 1852
    • Loricella Pilsbry, 1893
    • Oochiton Ashby, 1929
  • Family Callochitonidae Plate, 1901
    • Callochiton Gray, 1847
    • Eudoxochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
    • Vermichiton Kaas, 1979
  • Family Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
    • Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
    • Radsia Gray, 1847
    • Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893
    • Nodiplax Beu, 1967
    • Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893
    • Teguloaplax Iredale & Hull, 1926
    • Mucrosquama Iredale, 1893
    • Subfamily Toniciinae Pilsbry, 1893
    • Tonicia Gray, 1847
    • Onithochiton Gray, 1847
    • Subfamily Acanthopleurinae Dall, 1889
    • Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829
    • Liolophura Pilsbry, 1893
    • Enoplochiton Gray, 1847
    • Squamopleura Nierstrasz, 1905
  • Superfamily Schizochitonoidea Dall, 1889
  • Family Schizochitonidae Dall, 1889
    • Incissiochiton Van Belle, 1985
    • Schizochiton Gray, 1847
• Suborder Acanthochitonina Bergenhayn, 1930
  • Family Mopalioidea Dall, 1889
  • Family Tonicellidae Simroth, 1894
  • Subfamily Tonicellinae Simroth, 1894
    • Lepidochitona Gray, 1821
    • Particulazona Kaas, 1993
    • Boreochiton Sars, 1878
    • Tonicella Carpenter, 1873
    • Nuttallina (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1871
    • Spongioradsia Pilsbry, 1894
    • Oligochiton Berry, 1922
  • Subfamily Juvenichitoninae Sirenko, 1975
    • Juvenichiton Sirenko, 1975
    • Micichiton Sirenko, 1975
    • Nanichiton Sirenko, 1975
  • Family Schizoplacidae Bergenhayn, 1955
    • Schizoplax Dall, 1878
  • Family Mopaliidae Dall, 1889
  • Subfamily Heterochitoninae Van Belle, 1978
    • Heterochiton Fucini, 1912
    • Allochiton Fucini, 1912
  • Subfamily Mopaliinae Dall, 1889
    • Aerilamma Hull, 1924
    • Guildingia Pilsbry, 1893
    • Frembleya H. Adams, 1866
    • Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914
    • Plaxiphora Gray, 1847
    • Placiphorina Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
    • Nuttallochiton Plate, 1899
    • Mopalia Gray, 1847
    • Maorichiton Iredale, 1914
    • Placiphorella (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1879
    • Katharina Gray, 1847
    • Amicula Gray, 1847
  • Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea H. et A. Adams, 1858
  • Family Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893
  • Subfamily Acanthochitoninae Pilsbry, 1893
    • Acanthochitona Gray, 1921
    • Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
    • Spongiochiton (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1882
    • Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
    • Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928
    • Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928
    • Americhiton Watters, 1990
    • Choneplax (Carpenter MS) Dall, 1882
    • Cryptoconchus (de Blainville MS) Burrow, 1815
  • Subfamily Cryptochitoninae Pilsbry, 1893
    • Cryptochiton Middendorff, 1847
  • Family Hemiarthridae Sirenko, 1997
    • Hemiarthrum Carpenter in Dall, 1876
    • Weedingia Kaas, 1988
  • Family Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928
    • Choriplax Pilsbry, 1894
  • Family Cryptoplacidae H. et A. Adams, 1858
    • Cryptoplax de Blainville, 1818

References

1. ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Dinoplax accessed 7 April 2010

External links

• Chitonida at UniProt.org