Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordo: Ischnochitonina
Familia: Mopaliidae
Subfamilia: Mopaliinae
Genus Placiphorella
Species: P. albitesta - P. atlantica - P. blainvillei - P. borealijaponica - P. borealis - P. gowlettholmesae - P. japonica - P. pacifica - P. rufa - P. stimpsoni - P. uschakovi - P. velata
Name
Placiphorella Carpenter in Dall, 1879: 298
Type species: Placiphorella velata Carpenter in Dall, 1879, by original designation
Synonyms
* Euplaciphora Verrill & Smith, 1882
* ?Trochochiton de Rochebrune, 1884
* Placophoropsis Pilsbry, 1893
* Langfordiella Dall, 1925
References
* Dall, W.H. 1879. Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and subspecies believed to be new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1: 281-344, pls. 1-5.
* Kaas, P., & R.A. Van Belle. 1994. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Volume 5. Suborder Ischnochitonina: Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded), Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Volumes 1-4. E.J. Brill, Leiden. P. 349.
