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Taxon: Class
Polyplacophora
Blainville, 1816
- chitons
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Protostomia
............................Lophotrochozoa - lophotrochozoans
..............................Spiralia - spiralians
................................Trochozoa - trochozoans
..................................Phylum Mollusca - molluscs
....................................Genus †Aspidella
....................................Genus Callucina
....................................Genus †Kimberella
....................................Genus †Odontogriphus
....................................Order †Camenida
....................................Order †Merismoconchida
....................................Class †Biplacophora
....................................Class Caudofoveata - caudofoveatans
....................................Class †Coeloscleritophora
....................................Class †Cricoconarida
....................................Class †Hyolitha
....................................Class Solenogastres
....................................Subphylum Conchifera
....................................(Genus Glyptelasma)
....................................(Genus Protospira)
....................................(Order †Cambroscleritida)
....................................(Class Aglossa)
....................................(Class Anodontoda)
....................................(Class †Calyptoptomatida)
....................................(Class Conchophora)
....................................(Class Cormopoda)
....................................(Class Dithra)
....................................(Class Elatobranchiata)
....................................(Class Elatocephala)
....................................(Class †Helcionelloida)
....................................(Class Lipocephala)
....................................(Class Loricata)
....................................(Class †Mattheva)
....................................(Class †Multiplacophora)
....................................(Class †Paragastropoda)
....................................(Class †Stenothecoidea)
....................................(Class †Tergomya)
....................................(Class Tropipoda)
....................................(Subphylum Aculifera)
....................................(Subphylum Adenopoda)
....................................(Subphylum Amphineura)
....................................(Subphylum Bivalvia) - bivalves
....................................(Subphylum Cyrtosoma)
....................................(Subphylum Diasoma)
....................................(Subphylum Glossophora) - radulate molluscs
....................................(Eumollusca)
....................................(†Hyolitha)
....................................(†Rostroconchia)
....................................(Testaria)
....................................Class Polyplacophora - chitons
......................................Genus †Matthevia
......................................Genus †Preacanthochiton
......................................Order †Multiplacophora
......................................Subclass Neoloricata
......................................Subclass †Paleoloricata
......................................»Order Chitonida
......................................»Order Lepidopleurida
......................................(Order Neoloricata)
......................................(Order †Paleoloricata)
......................................»(Order Acanthochitonida)
......................................»(Order Ischnochitonida)
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Late Cambrian
-
Present
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982
: 208
Morphology
Body length
:
3 mm - 500 mm
Ref:
G. Haszprunar et al., 2008
: 25
Ecology/Habitat
Habitat
:
Marine
Ref:
G. Haszprunar et al., 2008
: 25
Bathymetric zone
:
Eulittoral
Ref:
G. Haszprunar et al., 2008
: 25
Bathymetric zone
:
Infralittoral
Ref:
G. Haszprunar et al., 2008
: 25
Substratum
:
Rock
Ref:
G. Haszprunar et al., 2008
: 25
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012