African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815

AfReMaS taxon details

Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

151207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151207)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Genus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893
Genus Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893
Genus Tegulaplax Iredale & Hull, 1926
Genus Radsia J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151207 on 2026-08-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151207 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-05 17:36:55Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-03-19 13:29:13Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2026-02-14 17:36:37Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 143; note: original spelling Chitonia. [details]

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chitoninae)
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