Polyplacophora

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordines: Acanthochitonina - Choriplacina - Ischnochitonina - Lepidopleurina - Neoloricata

Name

Polyplacophora de Blainville, 1816

References

Primary references

Blainville, H. de. 1816. Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des sciences, par la Société philomathique de Paris 8: 105–112 [sic for 113–120] +121–124. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Ávila, S.P. & Sigwart, J. 2013. New records for the shallow-water chiton fauna (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of the Azores (NE Atlantic). ZooKeys 312: 23–38. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.312.4768 Reference page.
Dell’Angelo B. et al., 2010. Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the Maldive islands. Zootaxa, 2673: 1–38 (PDF)
Okusu A. et al., 2003. Towards a phylogeny of chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) based on combined analysis of five molecular loci. Organisms diversity & evolution, 3(4): 281–302, DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00085.
Reyes-Gómez, A., Ortigosa, D. & Simões, N. 2017. Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Alacranes Reef, Yucatan, Mexico. ZooKeys 665: 1—36. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.665.10476. Reference page.
Sigwart, J.D., Stoeger, I., Knebelsberger, T. & Schwabe, E. 2013. Chiton phylogeny (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and the placement of the enigmatic species Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas). Invertebrate Systematics 27(6): 603–621. DOI: 10.1071/IS13013 Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: عديدة الأصداف
беларуская: Панцырныя малюскі
čeština: Chroustnatky
Deutsch: Käferschnecken
Ελληνικά: Πολυπλακοφόρα (Χιτώνες)
English: Chiton
español: Quitón
فارسی: بس‌صدفیان
français: Chiton
magyar: Bogárcsigák
日本語: 多板綱
Nederlands: Keverslakken
polski: Chitony
svenska: Ledsnäckor

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