Lepidopleurina

Leptochiton asellus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Subclassis: Neoloricata
Ordo: Lepidopleurida
Subordo: Lepidopleurina
Familiae: Abyssochitonidae – Hanleyidae – Leptochitonidae – Nierstraszellidae – Protochitonidae

Name

Lepidopleurina Thiele, 1910

• Type genus: Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826

References

Primary references

• Thiele, J. 1909–1910. Revision des Systems der Chitonen. Teil I. pp. 1–70. (1909) Teil II. pp. 72–132. (1910). Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sigwart, J.D.; Sirenko, B.I. 2012: Deep-sea chitons from sunken wood in the West Pacific (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida): taxonomy, distribution, and seven new species. Zootaxa, 3195: 1–38. Preview