Chitonida is an order of chitons.[1] The order was erected to class chitons with elaborate hull outgrowths on their eggs.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Subclass: | Neoloricata |
| Order: | Chitonida Thiele, 1910 |
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Taxonomy edit
- Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893
- Callistoplacidae Pilsbry, 1893
- Callochitonidae Plate, 1901
- Chaetopleuridae Plate, 1899
- Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928
- Cryptoplacidae Adams & Adams, 1858
- Hemiarthridae Sirenko, 1997
- Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889
- Mopaliidae Dall, 1889
- †Ochmazochitonidae Hoare et Smith, 1984
- Schizochitonidae Dall, 1889
- Schizoplacidae Bergenhayn, 1955
- Tonicellidae Simroth, 1894
References edit
- ^ "Chitonida". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ Ponder, Winston; Lindberg, David R. (2008-03-25). Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25092-5.
- ^ Ponder, Winston Frank; Lindberg, David R.; Ponder, Juliet Mary (2020-02-14). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, Volume 2. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-351-11523-0.
External links edit
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