''Chaetopleura'' is a
genus
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of
chiton
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They are also sometimes known as sea cradles or coat-of-mail shells or suck ...
s in the
family
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Chaetopleuridae.
[Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138086 on 2011-01-27] The species within this genus are
marine mollusc
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s.
Taxonomy
The genus has been separated into two subgenera.
subgenus ''Chaetopleura'' (Shuttleworth, 1853)
* ''
Chaetopleura angolensis'' Thiele, 1909
* ''
Chaetopleura angulata'' (Spengler, 1797)
* ''
Chaetopleura apiculata'' (Say in Conrad, 1834)
* ''
Chaetopleura asperior'' (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892)
* ''
Chaetopleura asperrima'' (Couthoy MS, Gould, 1852)
* ''
Chaetopleura benaventei'' Plate, 1899
* ''
Chaetopleura benguelensis'' Kaas & Van Belle, 1987
* ''
Chaetopleura biarmata'' de Rochebrune, 1882
* ''
Chaetopleura brucei'' Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912
* ''
Chaetopleura debruini
''Chaetopleura'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Registe ...
'' (Strack, 1996)
* ''
Chaetopleura fernandensis
''Chaetopleura'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Registe ...
'' Plate, 1899
* ''
Chaetopleura gambiensis'' (de Rochebrune, 1881)
* ''
Chaetopleura hanselmani'' (Ferreira, 1982)
* ''
Chaetopleura hennahi'' (Gray, 1828)
* ''
Chaetopleura isabellei'' (d'Orbigny, 1841)
* ''
Chaetopleura lurida'' (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
* ''
Chaetopleura papilio
''Chaetopleura papilio'', the hairy chiton, is a species of chiton in the family (biology), family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine (ocean), marine mollusc.
Distribution
This species is found from the central Namibian coast to False Bay in List o ...
'' (Spengler, 1797)
* ''
Chaetopleura pertusa'' (Reeve, 1847)
* ''
Chaetopleura peruviana'' (Lamarck, 1819)
* ''
Chaetopleura pomarium'' Barnard, 1963
* ''
Chaetopleura pustulata'' (Krauss, 1848)
* ''
Chaetopleura roddai'' Ferreira, 1983
* ''
Chaetopleura shyana'' Ferreira, 1983
* ''
Chaetopleura sowerbyana
''Chaetopleura'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Registe ...
'' (Reeve, 1847)
* ''
Chaetopleura staphylophera'' Lyons, 1985
* ''
Chaetopleura unilineata'' Leloup, 1954
subgenus ''
Pallochiton'' (Dall, 1879)
* ''
Chaetopleura gemma'' Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
* ''
Chaetopleura lanuginosa''
References
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Chaetopleuridae
Extant Oligocene first appearances
Chiton genera