Plaxiphora

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: Plaxiphora
Subgenera: P. (Fremblya) - P. (Mercatora) - P. (Plaxiphora)

Name

Plaxiphora Gray 1847

Type species: Chiton carmichaelis Gray, 1828, = Chiton auratus Spalowsky, 1795

References

* Gray, J.E. 1847. On the genera of Chitonidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 65.
* 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. 265.