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Chitonidae 
Chiton magnificus Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Polyplacophora Order: Neoloricata Suborder: Chitonina Family: Chitonidae
Rafinesque, 1815Genera 16, 15 extant, see text.
Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies.
Subfamilies and genera
Subfamilies and genera within the family Chitonidae include:
- Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815
- Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (type)
- Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
- Radsia Gray, 1847
- Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893
- Nodiplax Beu, 1967
- Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893
- Teguloaplax Iredale & Hull, 1926
- Mucrosquama Iredale, 1893
- Rhyssoplax † Thiele, 1893
- Subfamily Toniciinae Pilsbry, 1893
- Tonicia Gray, 1847
- Lucilina † Dall, 1882
- Onithochiton Gray, 1847
- Subfamily Acanthopleurinae Dall, 1889
- Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829
- Liolophura Pilsbry, 1893
- Enoplochiton Gray, 1847
- Squamopleura Nierstrasz, 1905
(Fossil taxa reference: van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
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