Chaetopleura
Encyclopedia
Chaetopleura is a genus
of chiton
s in the family
Chaetopleuridae
. They are marine
molluscs.
subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)
subgenus Pallochiton (Dall, 1879)
Genera
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of chiton
Chiton
Chitons are small to large, primitive marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.There are 900 to 1,000 extant species of chitons in the class, which was formerly known as Amphineura....
s in the family
Family (biology)
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Chaetopleuridae
Chaetopleuridae
Chaetopleuridae is a family of chitons. They are marine molluscs.-Genera:Two genera are known in this family:* Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853* Dinoplax Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882...
. They are marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
molluscs.
Species
The genus has been separated into two subgenera.subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)
- Chaetopleura angolensis Thiele, 1909
- Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797)
- Chaetopleura apiculataChaetopleura apiculataChaetopleura apiculata is a species of chiton in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc.- Description :Teeth of the radula of this species has been studied by atom-probe tomography for the chemical structure and it have been published in 2011. It has been shown, that teeth contain...
(Say in Conrad, 1834) - Chaetopleura asperior (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892)
- Chaetopleura asperrima (Couthoy MS, Gould, 1852)
- Chaetopleura benaventei Plate, 1899
- Chaetopleura benguelensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1987
- Chaetopleura biarmata de Rochebrune, 1882
- Chaetopleura brucei Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912
- Chaetopleura debruini (Strack, 1996)
- Chaetopleura fernandensis Plate, 1899
- Chaetopleura gambiensis (de Rochebrune, 1881)
- Chaetopleura hanselmani (Ferreira, 1982)
- Chaetopleura hennahi (Gray, 1828)
- Chaetopleura isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Chaetopleura lurida (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
- Chaetopleura papilio (Spengler, 1797)
- Chaetopleura pertusa (Reeve, 1847)
- Chaetopleura peruvian (Lamarck, 1819)
- Chaetopleura pomarium Barnard, 1963
- Chaetopleura pustulata (Krauss, 1848)
- Chaetopleura roddai Ferreira, 1983
- Chaetopleura shyana Ferreira, 1983
- Chaetopleura sowerbyana (Reeve, 1847)
- Chaetopleura staphylophera Lyons, 1985
- Chaetopleura unilineata Leloup, 1954
subgenus Pallochiton (Dall, 1879)
- Chaetopleura gemma Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
- Chaetopleura lanuginosa