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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
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polyplacophora
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Polyplacophora
Recognized by iNaturalist, Timor Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Molukka Sea Species List- duplicate, Aegean Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, NMNH Invertebrate Zoology, Flickr Group, CalPhotos, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Egypt Species List, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Animal Diversity Web, Animal Diversity Web, 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, 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, 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- duplicate, 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, 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, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Fairbairn 2013, Furui 2020, Mineralogy, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Salvini Plawen and Mayr 1977, Furui 2020, Appeltans et al, and Adriatic Sea 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
Amphineura
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy (junior synonym)
Amphineura
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
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
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
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy (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, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Queirós et al 2013, Mozambique Species List, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Paleobiology Database, and literature body sizes metazoa
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
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 Hall & Clarke 1888
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
coat-of-mail shells
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
chiton
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

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

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, World Register of Marine Species, mckinnel, and admin
Chitone preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

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 Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, Furui 2020, piaf, and admin

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

Norwegian

leddsnegler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

گهواره دریایی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Chitony preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

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

Spanish; Castilian

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

Sr Ec

Хитони preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

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
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Monoplacophora Odhner 1940
Rostroconchia Cox 1960
Scaphopoda Bronn 1862
Gastropoda
Solenogastres Gegenbaur 1878

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora (this page)
Alastega Cherns 1998
Alastegiidae
Arctoplax Cherns 1998
Aulochitonidae
Chelodidae
Chitonida
Cobcrephoridae
Crassitudochitonidae
Cymatochiton Dall 1882
Dycheiidae
Echinochitonidae
Enetoplax Cherns 1998
Gotlandiochiton hami Smith
Gotlandochitonidae
Haeggochitonidae
Helminthochitonidae
Heloplax Cherns 1998
Homeochiton Hanger et al. 2000
Ivoechitonidae
Lepidopleurida
Litochitonidae
Mattheviidae
Olingechitonidae
Plectrochiton Cherns 1998
Polysacos Vendrasco, Wood & Runnegar 2004
Preacanthochiton Bergenhayn 1960
Preacanthochitonidae
Priscochiton Dall 1882
Prisochiton Dall 1881
Probolaeum Dall 1882
Pterygochiton Rochebrune 1883
Pyknochiton Hoare 2000
Robustidae
Scanochitonidae
Septemchitonidae
Strobilepidae
Actinomya Mayer 1870
Actinotheca Xiao & Zhou 1985
Aganides de Montfort 1808
Aldanellidae
Ammonoceras Lamarck 1822
Australiella Collignon 1948
Australohalkieria Porter 2004
Baikalia Crosse & Fischer 1879
Baroda Stoliczka 1870
Bivalvia
Braunsina Buckman 1902
Camerothecidae
Castalioides Marshall 1934
Castellum Meyer 1887
Cephalopoda
Clinotellina Schone & Schubert 1996
Coleolidae
Conites Herrmannsen 1847
Conocardiidae
Contractenidae
Coreospiridae
Cornulitidae
Crassilinidae
Cucullea Michelin 1838
Dechenia Spriestersbach 1915
Dicricoconidae
Discorbis Férussac 1822
Emericiceras Sarkar 1954
Eurychasma Cossmann 1915
Freia Böhm 1884
Gastropoda
Geoteuthis Münster 1843
Globispira Koken & Perner 1925
Goldfussia Castelnau 1843
Gonionowakiidae
Goodrichia Clench 1929
Gunnellodus Wilimovsky 1954
Gyrocerus King 1844
Halkieriidae
Helcionellidae
Helicter Pease 1862
Hippocardiidae
Hippopharangites Bengtson 1990
Igarkiellidae
Inflatatheca Qian, Xie & He 2001
Insolitotheca Landing & Bartowski 1996
Isodonta Buvignier 1851
Khairkhaniidae
Leoniceras Douvillé 1912
Lyrula Wollaston 1878
Menkrawia Beets 1941
Monophora Quoy & Gaimard 1824
Monoplacophora
Multiannulatocyclitidae
Nordenskjoldia Wilckens 1910
Nowakiidae
Obliquarca Sacco 1898
Orbis Lea 1833
Orthrozanclidae
Pachecdyceras Flower 1947
Paranowakiidae
Pelagiellidae
Peneauiidae
Pharetrella Hall 1888
Philia Oken 1829
Phragmostoma Hall 1861
Pinella Stephenson 1941
Potamis Gray 1833
Procarinariidae
Procorniculinidae
Protoconchoididae
Prozonarina Schilder 1941
Ptiloteuthis Gabb 1869
Quadrochites Qian Yi, Chen & Chen 1979
Radula Gray 1842
Rectobelus Baker 1927
Ribeiriidae
Scaphopoda
Scenellidae
Scolymus Deshayes 1843
Scutularia Mansuy 1914
Sinalbinula Pilsbry 1916
Siphogonuchitidae
Stenothecidae
Strobila Hutton 1884
Tellinomya Hall 1847
Tentaculitidae
Teratichnus Miller 1830
Trenellidae
Tropidodiscidae
Turmalitidae
Undacyclitidae
Undastriatostyliolinidae
Uniconocyclitidae
Uniconomorphitidae
Viriatellidae
Volynitidae
Wyattia Taylor 1966
Xenohelix Mansfield 1927
Yochelcionellidae
341 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
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
Mollusca incertae sedis
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora Odhner 1940
Polyplacophora Gray 1821
Rostroconchia
Rostroconchia Cox 1960
Scaphopoda
Solenogastres
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
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
Mollusca incertae sedis
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora Odhner 1940
Polyplacophora
Rostroconchia
Rostroconchia Cox 1960
Scaphopoda
Solenogastres
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Scaphopoda Bronn 1862
Solenogastres Gegenbaur 1878
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