Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies.
Subfamilies and genera
Subfamilies and genera within the family Chitonidae include:
- Subfamily Chitoninae <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small>
- Chiton <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> â the type genus of the family
- Amaurochiton <small>Thiele, 1893</small>
- Radsia <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Sypharochiton <small>Thiele, 1893</small>
- Nodiplax <small>Beu, 1967</small>
- Rhyssoplax <small>Thiele, 1893</small>
- Teguloaplax <small>Iredale & Hull, 1926</small>
- Mucrosquama <small>Iredale, 1893</small>
- Subfamily Toniciinae <small>Pilsbry, 1893</small>
- Tonicia <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Onithochiton <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Subfamily Acanthopleurinae <small>Dall, 1889</small>
- Acanthopleura <small>Guilding, 1829</small>
- Liolophura <small>Pilsbry, 1893</small>
- Enoplochiton <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Squamopleura <small>Nierstrasz, 1905</small>
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