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Polyplacophora

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
CLASS

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Polyplacophora

Name

Synonyms
Loricata
Homonyms
Polyplacophora
Common names
Chiton in English
Skallus in Danish
chiton in English
chitons in language.
chíton in Portuguese
poliplacoforo in Portuguese
quíton in Portuguese
ledsnäckor in Swedish
Chiton in English
Chitone in German
Chitone in German
Chitons in English
Chitons in English
Coat-Of-Mail Shells in English
Käferschnecken in German
Käferschnecken in German
chitons in English
chitons in Dutch
chitons in English
chitons in Dutch
coat-of-mail shells in English
coat-of-mail shells in English
keverslakken in Dutch
keverslakken in Dutch
ledsnäckor in Swedish
ledsnäckor in Swedish
多板綱 in Japanese
多板綱 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Abbott, Robert Tucker, 1974: null. American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 2nd ed.. 663.
  2. An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010]
  3. An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010]
  4. Bergenhayn J. R. M. (1955). Die fossilen schwedischen Loricaten nebst einer vorlafigen Revision der ganzen Klasse Loricata. <i>Kungliga Fysiografiska Sallskapets Handlingar, Lund N.F. 66(8)</i>: 1-44 pl. 1-2
  5. Bergenhayn J. R. M. (1955). Die fossilen schwedischen Loricaten nebst einer vorlafigen Revision der ganzen Klasse Loricata. <i>Kungliga Fysiografiska Sallskapets Handlingar, Lund N.F. 66(8)</i>: 1-44 pl. 1-2
  6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  7. Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (2002)
  8. Higo, Shun'ichi, Paul Callomon, and Yoshihiro Goto, 1999: null. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan: Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda. 749.
  9. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>:
  10. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>:
  11. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 2. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Schizoplacinae, Callochitoninae & Lepidochitoninae. E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden, 198 pp.
  12. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 2. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Schizoplacinae, Callochitoninae & Lepidochitoninae. E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden, 198 pp.
  13. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1987). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 3: Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Chaetopleurinae, & Ischnochitonidae (pars). Additions to Vols 1 & 2.. <i>* E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 302 pp.</i>:
  14. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1987). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 3: Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Chaetopleurinae, & Ischnochitonidae (pars). Additions to Vols 1 & 2.. <i>* E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 302 pp.</i>:
  15. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1990). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 4. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (continued). Additions to Vols 1, 2 and 3. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 298 p.
  16. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1990). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 4. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (continued). Additions to Vols 1, 2 and 3. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 298 p.
  17. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1994). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 5. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded), Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Volumes 1-4. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> 402 pp.
  18. Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1994). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 5. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded), Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Volumes 1-4. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> 402 pp.
  19. Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp.
  20. Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp.
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