Callistoplacidae is a family of
chitons
Chitons () are marine (ocean), marine molluscs of varying size in the class (biology), class Polyplacophora ( ), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 Extant taxon, extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
They are also sometimes known ...
belonging to the order
Chitonida.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Callistoplacidae:
* ''
Callistochiton
''Callistochiton'' is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs, alive today, of which fossils are known from the Pliocene
The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58< ...
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Carpenter
* ''
Callistoplax''
Carpenter
* ''
Calloplax''
Thiele, 1909
* ''
Caribbochiton''
Sirenko & B. Anseeuw, 2021
* ''
Ceratozona''
Dall, 1882
* ''
Ischnoplax''
Dall, 1879
References
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Chiton families
Chitonida