Chitonida
Order of molluscs
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Subclass: | Neoloricata |
| Order: | Chitonida Thiele, 1910 |
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Taxonomy
- 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
