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Chitonidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79011

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassPolyplacophora Blainvillle, 1816 – chitons, polyplacophorans, chíton, poliplacoforo, quíton  
                   SubclassNeoloricata   
                      OrderChitonida   
                         SuborderChitonina   
                            FamilyChitonidae Rafinesque, 1815  
    Direct Children:  
                               Genus Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829  
                               Genus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758  
                               Genus Enoplochiton Gray, 1847  
                               Genus Liolophura Pilsbry, 1893  
                               Genus Onithochiton Gray, 1847  
                               Genus Squamopleura Nierstrasz, 1905  
                               Genus Tonicia Gray, 1847  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Paul V. Scott  
  Notes: Senior Associate Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, USA   
  Reference for: Chitonidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chitonidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kaas, P. and R. A. Van Belle  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Second, revised edition.   
  Page(s): 204   
  Publisher: Backhuys Publishers   
  Publication Place: Leiden, The Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 90-73348-93-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chitonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chitonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A classification of the living Mollusca   
  Page(s): xii+195   
  Publisher: American Malacologists, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, FL, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-915826-22-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chitonidae   
       

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