WoRMS taxon details
Lepidopleurina
- Family Abyssochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989
- Family Camptochitonidae Sirenko, 1997 †
- Family Glyptochitonidae Starobogatov & Sirenko, 1975 †
- Family Hanleyidae Bergenhayn, 1955
- Family Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889
- Family Mesochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989 †
- Family Nierstraszellidae Sirenko, 1992
- Family Protochitonidae Ashby, 1925
- Family Ferreiraellidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1991 accepted as Abyssochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989 (invalid: established, in violation of Art. 40, in replacement of Abyssochitonidae because Abyssochiton is an objective synonym of Ferreiraella)
- Family Lepidopleuridae Pilsbry, 1892 accepted as Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Xylochitonidae Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992 accepted as Abyssochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989
- Family Lepidopleurina incertae sedis † (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidopleurina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385383 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
basis of record An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]
basis of record An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
