Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordo: Ischnochitonina
Familia: Chaetopleuridae
Genus: Chaetopleura
Subgenera: C. (Chaetopleura) – C. (Pallochiton)
Species: C. angolensis – C. angulata – C. apiculata – C. asperior – C. asperrima – C. beanii – C. benaventei – C. benguelensis – C. biarmata – C. brucei – C. carrua – C. chelazziana – C. duncana – C. echunata – C. euryplax – C. felipponei – C. fernandensis – C. gambiensis – C. gemma – C. gemmata – C. granulata – C. haddoni – C. hanselmani – C. hennahi – C. isabellae – C. janeirensis – C. lactica – C. lanuginosa – C. lurida – C. magdalena – C. mixta – C. natalensis – C. papilio – C. parallela – C. pertusa – C. peruviana – C. planispina – C. pomarium – C. prasinata – C. roddai – C. shyana – C. sowerbiana – C. spinosa – C. spinulosa – C. staphylophera – C. unilineata – C. veneris – C. vivpara
Name
Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853
Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.[3] The species within this genus are marine molluscs.
Taxonomy
The genus has been separated into two subgenera.[3]
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 (Strack, 1996)
Chaetopleura fernandensis 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 (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 (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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van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
Shuttleworth (1853). Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 1853: 190.
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
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