Chitonina is a suborder of
polyplacophoran
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora ( ), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
They are also sometimes known as sea cradles or coat-of-mail shells or suck ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
belonging to the order Chitonida.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Chitonina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382004 on 2022-06-22]
Superfamilies
The suborder includes both living and extinct species.
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Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
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Schizochitonoidea Dall, 1889
References
* Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117
Chitonida
Prehistoric mollusc taxonomy
Mollusc suborders
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