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Chitons

Polyplacophora

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Polyplacophora
Class recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Polyplacophora
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Polyplacophora
Recognized by iNaturalist, Timor Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, NMNH Invertebrate Zoology, Flickr Group, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, CalPhotos, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, literature body sizes metazoa, Appeltans et al, Egypt Species List, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Animal Diversity Web, Animal Diversity Web, EOL authors, INBio, IABIN, Australia Species List, Bermuda Species List, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greenland Species List, Grenada Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Malta Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Panama Species List, Mineralogy, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Russia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Sweden Species List, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, United States Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Finland Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Norwegian Sea Species List, North Sea Species List, Red Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, and South Pacific Species List
Polyplacophora Blainvillle 1816
Class recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Polyplacophora Gray 1821
Class recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9 and World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Aenigmatectus Hoare & Mapes 1996
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allochiton Fucini 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amphineura
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Amphineura
Synonym according to {resource_name} (junior synonym)
Austrochiton Bergenhayn 1945
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Beloplaxus Oehlert 1881
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bursata
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cobcrephora Bischoff 1981
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Colapterochiton Hoare & Mapes 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crenatolorica Laghi 1981
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Elachychiton Hoare & Mapes 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eochelodes Marek 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eulachychiton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euleptochiton Hoare & Mapes 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Glaphurochiton Raymond 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Glyptochiton Koninck 1883
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hawthorneachiton Kluessendorf 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hemphillia Dall 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hercolepas Withers 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heterochiton Fucini 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Incisiochiton van Belle 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Laculina
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Laminoplax Ferreira 1981
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lavenachiton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Llandeilochiton Bergenhayn 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lobarochiton Hoare 1976
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Loboarochiton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Loricata Schumacher 1817
Synonym according to {resource_name} (junior synonym)
Mesochiton Van Belle 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Panarthron Laghi 2005
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Permochiton Iredale & Hull 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Phthipodochiton Sutton & Sigwart 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polyplacophora
Harvest ancestor according to Bahrain Species List, Aruba Species List, Anguilla Species List, GBIF classification, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, Paleobiology Database, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Polyplacophora
Obsolete variant according to Paleobiology Database
Praecanthochiton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proleptochiton Sirenko & Starobogatov 1977
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protalochiton Rochebrune 1883
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protobalanus Whitfield 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudoischnochiton Ashby 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sarkachiton Dzik 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Schizoproctus Laghi 2005
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sinochiton Feng 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Solenocaris Young 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Strobilepis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trachyplax Larsson, Peel & Högström 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trachypleura Jaekel 1900
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

chitons preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa and World Register of Marine Species
chiton
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
coat-of-mail shells
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Arabic

عديدة الأصداف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

խիտոններ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Zirehli molyusklar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

панцырныя малюскі preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål

leddsnegler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bosnian

Mnogoljušturaši preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

Панцерни мекотели preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Poliplacòfor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Croatian

Hitoni preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

Chroustnatky preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Keverslakken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
chitons
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
keverslakken
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Finnish

Nivelkotilot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata, christinaflann, and admin

Galician

Poliplacóforo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

ჯავშნიანები preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Käferschnecken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata, mckinnel, and admin

Hebrew

כיטון preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

Cserepeshéjúak preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Icelandic

Nökkvar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

Ciotón preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

多板綱 preferred
Recognized by piaf and admin
多板
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Kannada

ಉಭಯ ನರಹುರಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳು preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Сауытты жұмсақденелілер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Bruņgliemeži preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Chitonai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

Хитони preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malayalam

തേരട്ടക്കക്ക preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Táłtłʼááh chʼoshtʼą́hí bikááʼtsʼinígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

گهواره دریایی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Chitony preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Portuguese

chíton preferred
Recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
poliplacoforo
prefer
Recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
quíton
prefer
Recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Poliplacofore preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

панцирные моллюски preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

Хитони preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovak

Chitóny preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovenian

Bokoživčniki preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Ledsnäckor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
ledsnäckor
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Thai

ชั้นพอลิพลาโคฟอรา preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Turkish

Kitonlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

панцирні preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

i18n: Deu

Chitone preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Käferschnecken
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

i18n: Sr Ec

Хитони preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

i18n: Sr El

Hitoni preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Polyplacophora

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora (this page)
Chitonida
Lepidopleurida
Bellerophontoidea
Bivalvia
Caudofoveata
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Gastropoda
Monoplacophora
Scaphopoda
Solenogastres

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora Gray 1821 (this page)
Alastega Cherns 1998
Arctoplax Cherns 1998
Cymatochiton Dall 1882
Enetoplax Cherns 1998
Gotlandiochiton hami Smith
Heloplax Cherns 1998
Homeochiton Hanger et al. 2000
Neoloricata Bergenhayn 1955
Plectrochiton Cherns 1998
Polysacos Vendrasco, Wood & Runnegar 2004
Preacanthochiton Bergenhayn 1960
Priscochiton Dall 1882
Prisochiton Dall 1881
Probolaeum Dall 1882
Pseudoischnochiton Ashby 1930
Pterygochiton Rochebrune 1883
Pyknochiton Hoare 2000
Septemchiton Bergenhayn 1956
Thairoplax Cherns 1998
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Caudofoveata C. R. Boettger 1956
Monoplacophora Odhner 1940
Rostroconchia Cox 1960
Scaphopoda Bronn 1862
Gastropoda
Solenogastres Gegenbaur 1878
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora (this page)
Aenigmatectus
Alastega
Alastegiidae
Allochiton
Arctoplax
Aulochitonidae
Austrochiton
Beloplaxus
Bursata
Chelodidae
Chitonida
Cobcrephora
Cobcrephoridae
Colapterochiton
Crassitudochitonidae
Crenatolorica
Cymatochiton
Dycheiidae
Echinochitonidae
Elachychiton
Enetoplax
Eochelodes
Eulachychiton
Euleptochiton
Glaphurochiton
Glyptochiton
Gotlandiochiton hami Smith
Gotlandochitonidae
Gryphochitonidae
Hawthorneachiton
Helminthochitonidae
Heloplax
Hemphillia
Hercolepas
Heterochiton
Homeochiton
Incisiochiton
Kindbladochiton
Laculina
Laminoplax
Lavenachiton
Lepidopleurida
Litochitonidae
Llandeilochiton
Lobarochiton
Loboarochiton
Mattheviidae
Mesochiton
Ochmazochitonidae
Panarthron
Permochiton
Phthipodochiton
Plectrochiton
Polyplacophora
Polysacos
Praecanthochiton
Preacanthochiton
Preacanthochitonidae
Priscochiton
Prisochiton
Probolaeum
Proleptochiton
Protalochiton
Protobalanus
Pseudoischnochiton
Pterygochiton
Pyknochiton
Robustidae
Sarkachiton
Scanochitonidae
Schizoproctus
Septemchiton
Septemchitonidae
Sinochiton
Solenocaris
Strobilepidae
Strobilepis
Thairoplax
Trachyplax
Trachypleura
Acrochasma
Agathina
Aldanellidae
Alifera
Alina
Anotus
Atalanta
Baikalia
Bembix
Bitomus
Bivalvia
Bohemina
Bolboceras
Bontia
Braunsina
Bullaea
Bullites
Calvertia
Candela
Caudofoveata
Cephalopoda
Cleobis
Cochlycopa
Conchites
Contractenidae
Corallina
Cyclochilus
Dicladus
Discella
Doliopsis
Donacina
Echinotus
Edgaria
Elachista
Erythraea
Esmia
Foraminella
Galea
Gastropoda
Glyptobasis
Helcionellidae
Hellia
Inachus
Lichas
Ligula
Loxotrema
Macrotheca
Mastigoceras
Meneghinia
Metabola
Microdontella
Monoplacophora
Nauplius
Nethea
Nowakiidae
Ontaria
Onychia
Orthostoma
Pachyta
Paranowakiidae
Paratropis
Peronium
Perostylus
Plagia
Pleurotrema
Plicaria
Pohlia
Polycerus
Porcellana
Potamis
Ptychospira
Pyrenella
Pyrus
Radula
Rapanus
Ravenia
Scaphis
Scaphopoda
Schubertia
Scolymus
Serra
Siphunculus
Solenogastres
Spathiocaris
Spira
Stenothecidae
Strobila
Syphonia
Tentaculitidae
Thalia
Tropidodiscidae
Truncatula
Umbella
Viquesnelia
Volvulus
Volynitidae
Wyvillethomsonia
Xiphiozona
Yorkiella
Zelotypia
4479 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora
Polyplacophora (this page)
Aenigmatectus
Alastega
Alastegiidae
Allochiton
Arctoplax
Aulochitonidae
Austrochiton
Beloplaxus
Bursata
Chelodidae
Chitonida
Cobcrephora
Cobcrephoridae
Colapterochiton
Crassitudochitonidae
Crenatolorica
Cymatochiton
Dycheiidae
Echinochitonidae
Elachychiton
Enetoplax
Eochelodes
Eulachychiton
Euleptochiton
Glaphurochiton
Glyptochiton
Gotlandiochiton hami Smith
Gotlandochitonidae
Gryphochitonidae
Hawthorneachiton
Helminthochitonidae
Heloplax
Hemphillia
Hercolepas
Heterochiton
Homeochiton
Incisiochiton
Kindbladochiton
Laculina
Laminoplax
Lavenachiton
Lepidopleurida
Litochitonidae
Llandeilochiton
Lobarochiton
Loboarochiton
Mattheviidae
Mesochiton
Ochmazochitonidae
Panarthron
Permochiton
Phthipodochiton
Plectrochiton
Polysacos
Praecanthochiton
Preacanthochiton
Preacanthochitonidae
Priscochiton
Prisochiton
Probolaeum
Proleptochiton
Protalochiton
Protobalanus
Pseudoischnochiton
Pterygochiton
Pyknochiton
Robustidae
Sarkachiton
Scanochitonidae
Schizoproctus
Septemchiton
Septemchitonidae
Sinochiton
Solenocaris
Strobilepidae
Strobilepis
Thairoplax
Trachyplax
Trachypleura

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophozoa
Mollusca
Polyplacophora Blainvillle 1816 (this page)
Neoloricata Bergenhayn 1955
Caudofoveata
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
Monoplacophora
Scaphopoda Bronn 1862
Solenogastres Gegenbaur 1878
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Polyplacophora (this page)
Neoloricata
unclassified Polyplacophora
Aplacophora
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
Gastropoda
Monoplacophora
Scaphopoda
unclassified Mollusca

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora (this page)
Chelodida
Chelodida Bergenhayn 1943
Chitonida
Chitonida Thiele 1909
Haeggochitonidae
Haeggochitonidae Sirenko & Starobogatov 1977
Ivoechitonidae
Ivoechitonidae Sirenko & Starobogatov 1977
Lepidopleurida
Lepidopleurida Thiele 1909
Neoloricata Bergenhayn 1955
Olingechitonidae
Olingechitonidae Sirenko & Starobogatov 1977
Palaeoloricata Bergenhayn 1955
Scanochitonidae
Scanochitonidae Bergenhayn 1955
Septemchitonida
Septemchitonida Bergenhayn 1955
Bivalvia
Caudofoveata
Caudofoveata C. R. Boettger 1956
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Mollusca incertae sedis
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora Odhner 1940
Polyplacophora Gray 1821
Rostroconchia
Rostroconchia Cox 1960
Scaphopoda
Solenogastres
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Scaphopoda Bronn 1862
Solenogastres Gegenbaur 1878

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora Gray 1821 (this page)
Bivalvia
Caudofoveata
Caudofoveata C. R. Boettger 1956
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Mollusca incertae sedis
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora Odhner 1940
Polyplacophora
Rostroconchia
Rostroconchia Cox 1960
Scaphopoda
Solenogastres
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Scaphopoda Bronn 1862
Solenogastres Gegenbaur 1878
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