Chaetopleura Temporal range:
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Chaetopleura papilio | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
Genus: |
Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853 [2] |
Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. [3] The species within this genus are marine molluscs.
The genus has been separated into two subgenera. [3]
subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)
subgenus Pallochiton (Dall, 1879)
Chaetopleura Temporal range:
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Chaetopleura papilio | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
Genus: |
Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853 [2] |
Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. [3] The species within this genus are marine molluscs.
The genus has been separated into two subgenera. [3]
subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)
subgenus Pallochiton (Dall, 1879)