Chitonina
Extinct suborder of molluscs
Chitonina | |
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Chaetopleura papilio | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Suborder: | Chitonina |
Families | |
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Chitonina is a suborder of polyplacophoran mollusc belonging to the order Chitonida. [1]
Superfamilies
The suborder includes both living and extinct species.[2]
- Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Schizochitonoidea Dall, 1889
References
- Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117
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