Polyplacophora

Polyplacophora

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordines: Acanthochitonina - Choriplacina - Ischnochitonina - Lepidopleurina - Neoloricata

References

• Ávila, S.P.; Sigwart, J. 2013: New records for the shallow-water chiton fauna (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of the Azores (NE Atlantic). ZooKeys 312: 23-38. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.312.4768 Reference page. 
• Dell’Angelo, B. et al. 2010: Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the Maldive islands. Zootaxa, 2673: 1–38. Preview
• Okusu, A. et al. 2003: Towards a phylogeny of chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) based on combined analysis of five molecular loci. Organisms diversity & evolution, 3(4): 281–302. doi: 10.1078/1439-6092-00085
• Reyes-Gómez, A., Ortigosa, D. & Simoes, N. 2017. Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Alacranes Reef, Yucatan, Mexico. ZooKeys 665: 1—36. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.665.10476. Reference page. 
• Sigwart, J.D. et al. 2013: Chiton phylogeny (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and the placement of the enigmatic species Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas). Invertebrate systematics 27(6): 603-621. doi: 10.1071/IS13013 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: عديدة الأصداف
беларуская: Панцырныя малюскі
čeština: Chroustnatky
Deutsch: Käferschnecken
Ελληνικά: Πολυπλακοφόρα (Χιτώνες)
English: Chiton
español: Quitón
فارسی: بس‌صدفیان
français: Chiton
magyar: Bogárcsigák
Nederlands: Keverslakken
日本語: 多板綱
polski: Chitony
svenska: Ledsnäckor

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